Movielogr
Souls in the Moonlight (1957)
Directed by Tomu Uchida
Overview
First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Tsuke Ryunosuke, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesnt hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good. Despite the authors explicit refusal, the series were later made into plays and movies several times.
Length 106 minutes
Actors
Chiezô Kataoka | Kinnosuke Nakamura | Yumiko Hasegawa | Satomi Oka | Ryûtarô Aoyagi | Shinobu Araki | Koji Arima | Mitsuo Asano | Kin'nosuke Fujiki | Sumiko Hidaka | Bokuzen Hidari | Hiroshi Hitomi | Eijirô Kataoka | Gorô Kawabe | Michikazu Kawamura | Akira Kishii | Sôji Kiyokawa | Hachirô Minamoto | Hiroshi Mizuno | Hajime Morita | Yasushi Nagata | Tokinosuke Nakamura | Susumu Namishima | Matsunosuke Sasaki | Kinnosuke Takamatsu | Mitsugu Terashima | Ryûnosuke Tsukigata | Kyôji Tôyama | Noboru Umezawa | Harumi Urazato | Isao Yamagata | Yoshio Yoshida | Denjirô Ôkôchi | Yujiro Omi