The Sword of Doom

The Sword of Doom

  • Director: Kihachi Okamoto
  • Writer: Shinobu Hashimoto,Kaizan Nakazato
  • Countries of origin: Japan
  • Language: Japanese
  • Release date: July 1, 1966
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Меч судьбы
  • "The Sword of Doom" is a film adapted from the part of the original work of the same name by Nakai Jieshan, "Volume 03 Mibu and Shimabara". The director of the movie is Kihachi Okamoto, and the leading actors are Tatsuya Nakadai and Yuzo Kayama.

    Details

    • Release date July 1, 1966
    • Filming locations Japan
    • Production companies Takarazuka Eiga Company Ltd., Toho Company

    Movie reviews

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    • By Maia 2022-12-29 17:34:32

      Big Buddha Ridge

      The 9-point

      ending was super exciting with one enemy and many, and the final battle was shocking.

      Kihachi Okamoto's "The Sword of Doom" may strike an unsuspecting audience in a weird and violent way. The movie tells the story of a ranger who kills an unarmed old man for no reason, and finally falls into a rehearsal that looks like destroying the world: in the psychedelic, he fights with countless enemies in delusions and reality. The extreme and typified violence shown in...

    • By Cory 2022-12-28 18:52:32

      Demonic grin

      In the Great Bodhisattva Ridge, Ryuzhisuke killed 14 by himself.

      Unscathed, after killing the last one, the camera came over from behind his neck and reached his side. Ryunosuke gave a demonic grin.

      When Sergio Leone was photographing the past in the west, the same lens learned to take Henry Fonda, Henry Fonda’s high cheekbones and skull eyes, which looked like Ryunosuke.

      At the end, after Long Zhisuke went mad, the opponent came to besie him, stabbing and stabbing...

    • By Luther 2022-12-28 15:53:44

      The final chapter of the samurai, fate and elegy

      Kihachi Okamoto has always been good at shooting war and samurai films. The difference is that the image of the samurai in his works is not like the kind of humanitarian-centric intellectual warfare written by Akira Kurosawa, or the feudal society described by Masaki Kobayashi. Here are pure political pawns. Instead, taking the samurai itself as the core, starting from the kendo interpretation, really photographed the soul of the samurai. This version of "Great Buddha Ridge" not only...

    • By Keenan 2022-12-26 20:52:16

      the nature of violence

      Excellent violence is a colorless sword. In fact, the overall structure of the film is both influenced and bound by the adaptation of the novel. Although Hashimoto is worthy of being an experienced screenwriter, the comprehensive adaptation, especially the deep consciousness conveyed by borrowing the background of the times, has made this pure violence restricted. It's definitely a pity that Sword of Destruction ended up being a period drama - which is why the finale is logically questionable -...

    • By Alberto 2022-12-20 22:58:00

      Okamoto Kihachi

      Okamoto Kihachi Okamoto was born on February 17, 1923, in Yonago, Japan. On February 19, 2005, he died in Kawasaki, Japan. Japan
      Professional director and screenwriter was born in Yonago in 1923. His real name is Kihachiro Okamoto. He served in the military during the Pacific War, and was later demobilized to work at the Toho Studio. He founded a unique genre of non-Japanese comedy, with jumping montage techniques, manga-style graphics and operetta-style musical effects, giving Japanese...

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    • By Ashtyn 2023-09-17 11:11:00

      Samurai movies tend to be entertaining, and the film is closely related to politics, but the world view is very pessimistic. Due to the helpless political reform, the loneliness and fear of both the participants and the people under the change. At the same time, it is a very nice samurai film. Director Kihachi Okamoto's understanding of Zen, enhanced sound effects and exaggerated sound effects. A movie that can feel the sword...

    • By Maximo 2023-08-29 12:44:39

      The historical background is too strong, and the ending is still unfinished. If it weren't for the failure of the end, the front really could have enough 5 stars, and the acting is also very...

    • By Concepcion 2023-08-19 10:27:53

      Evil heart, kendo, worldly and humanity. What a powerful light and shadow atmosphere, Okamoto Kihachi's swordplay is so personal, even the final "end" is so straightforward, like a knife to the...

    • By Major 2023-07-29 17:10:45

      It's nice to...

    • By Summer 2023-07-26 20:32:12

      It's nice to...

    Version one

    This is an extraordinary masterpiece that surpasses ordinary halberd films. The first impression is that it is exquisite. It Bakumatsu Shinsengumi ""The movement is the background, describing the process of Shinsengumi's hang-zi phone Ryūnosuke turning from a swordsman's heartbreaking into a murderous mania. Hashimoto Shinobu serves as the screenwriter, perhaps because of the limitation of the length of the film. The plot is slightly...
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    Version two

    Although Hashimoto Shinobu shot this film, it is not the kind of general commercial film that relies on narrative to win . Its charm lies in the unstoppable cold mood-mysterious destiny and Zen martial arts. This film reminds me ofたにざきじゅんいちろう; Junichiro Tanizaki 's " Tattoo Qinghai Niang Hai Niang ": its meaning "produces the mysterious and mysterious from the terror of the flesh; from the cruelty of the flesh, the reactionary taste to...
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    Movie quotes

    • Toranosuke Shimada: The sword is the soul. Study the soul to know the sword. Evil mind, evil sword.

    • Toranosuke Shimada: Study the sword to study the soul, you fool... an evil mind makes an evil sword.

    • Ryunosuke Tsukue: I, Ryunosuke Tsukue, trust only my sword in this world. When I fight, I have no family.