The Sword of Doom
(1966)
★ 7.8 IMDb · 271 votes
Year: 1966
Runtime: 119 мин
Country: Japan
Director: 岡本喜八
Cast: Тацуя Накадай, 加山雄三, 新珠三千代, 内藤洋子, Тосиро Мифунэ, 中丸忠雄, 佐藤慶, 西村晃, 中谷一郎, Куниэ Танака
Plot
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.
Ryunosuke is a sociopathic samurai without compassion or scruples. When he is scheduled for an exhibition match at his fencing school, the wife of his opponent begs Ryunosuke to throw the match, offering her own virtue in trade. Ryunosuke accepts her offer, but kills her husband in the match. Over time, Ryunosuke is pursued by the brother of the man he killed. The brother trains with the master fencer Shimada. In the meantime, however, Ryunosuke earns the enmity of the band of assassins he runs with, and it becomes a question of who shall face him in final conflict.