26/02/1956
It is brother against brother in this tale of love and betrayal within the famed Yagyu clan. In one of their earliest films together, superstars Ichikawa Raizo and Katsu Shintaro are magnificent as the two finest young swordsmen in the clan. As they vie for the hand of a beautiful woman their loyalty comes into question during an attack on their lord. When one of them masters the secret technique taught to him by Miyamoto Musashi, it leads to bloody violence that can tear the clan apart! Filled with superb swordplay this rare classic is not to be missed!

Raizō Ichikawa
as Hyosuke Yagyu

Shintarō Katsu
as Tsunashiro

Naritoshi Hayashi
as

Shunji Natsume
as

Miyako Tachibana
as

Yataro Kurokawa
as Miyamoto Musashi

Ryōsuke Kagawa
as

Rieko Sumi
as

Kodayu Ichikawa
as

Ken Mitsuda
as

Shōzō Nanbu
as

Hiroshi Mizuno
as

Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka
as

Saburo Date
as

Yukio Horikita
as

Jun Fujikawa
as

Fumihiko Yokoyama
as

Ikkei Tamaki
as

Akira Shimizu
as

Yūji Hamada
as

Kazuo Ōbayashi
as

Ryū Takeda
as

Sachio Yasuda
as

Asako Takahara
as

Kanae Kobayashi
as

Sayoko Nakagami
as

Keiko Koyanagi
as
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