Souls in the Moonlight II
(1958)
★ 6.6 IMDb · 5 votes
Year: 1958
Runtime: 105 мин
Country: Japan
Director: 内田吐夢
Cast: 片岡千恵蔵, 木暮実千代, 長谷川裕見子, 月形龍之介, 加賀邦男, 里見浩太朗, 山形勲, 片岡栄二郎, 長谷川裕見子, 丘さとみ
Plot
This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and times of bloodthirsty samurai, Tsukue Ryunosuke. Blinded in an explosion and further injured from a fall, the master swordsman is taken in by Otoyo, a woman who falls in love with him. Under Otoyo’s dedicated care, Ryunosuke’s physical and emotional wounds seem to heal. However, deep inside, the demons that drive him to kill yearn to resurface. Meanwhile he is being pursued by Utsugi Hyoma, a young samurai seeking to avenge his brother’s death at Tsukue’s hands. Hyoma is being aided along the way by the clever thief Shichibei.