Merciless Blade
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Merciless Blade 1953 Directed by Kunio Watanabe 大菩薩峠

The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gneres Action , Drama , History
Production Company Toei Company
Release Date 23 April 1953
111 mins
Cast
Kusuo Abe
Kusuo Abe
Shinobu Chihara
Shinobu Chihara
Kensaku Hara
Kensaku Hara
Haruyo Ichikawa
Haruyo Ichikawa
Kunio Kaga
Kunio Kaga
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Chiezō Kataoka
Chiezō Kataoka Ryûnosuke Tsukue
Gorō Kawabe
Gorō Kawabe
Noboru Kiritachi
Noboru Kiritachi
Akira Kishii
Akira Kishii
Mitsuko Miura
Mitsuko Miura
Kunitaro Sawamura
Kunitaro Sawamura
Eijirō Kataoka
Eijirō Kataoka
Eitarō Shindō
Eitarō Shindō
Kyoji Sugi
Kyoji Sugi
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Ko Yamamuro
Ko Yamamuro
Crew
Director
Kunio Watanabe
Kunio Watanabe
Writer
Kunio Watanabe
Kunio Watanabe
Composer
Eiichi Yamada
Eiichi Yamada
Sound
Kenjirō Tōjō
Kenjirō Tōjō
Story
Kaizan Nakazato
Kaizan Nakazato
Art Direction
Heikichi Kakui
Heikichi Kakui
Lighting
Kenji Tanaka
Kenji Tanaka