Young Swordsman (1963)

Summary

This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the law is unfair. His brother keeps his opinions about the law to himself. The swordsman vents his frustration by cutting off the thumbs of an enemy. The fighter is then banished. To live, he becomes a thief. To restore the family's lost honor, the other brother is forced to challenge the fighter to a duel.

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Cast
Crew

Matsumoto Hakuō II

as Hayakawa Tenzen
Hiroyuki Nagato

as Hosoo Chojuro
Junko Ikeuchi

as Miwa
Yuki Nakagawa

as Shizu
Nami Tamura

as Sei
Masao Shimizu

as Shimamura Juzaemon
Ryōsuke Kagawa

as Kono Banzaemon
Bokuzen Hidari

as Otsuka Kihei
Kōji Mitsui

as Yabe Senjuro
Ichirō Nakatani

as Shimamura Kazuma
Kiyoshi Kodama

as Hara Sanjuro
Ren Yamamoto

as Kashima Heinosuke
Susumu Fujita

as Kagawa Tanomo
Jun Tazaki

as
Tsuruko Mano

as
Yoshifumi Tajima

as
Yoshio Tsuchiya

as
Hideyo Amamoto

as
Kin Sugai

as
Yoshio Kosugi

as
Jun'ichirō Mukai

as
Mitsuo Tsuda

as
Kōji Iwamoto

as
Naoya Kusakawa

as
Seiji Ikeda

as
Yoshiyuki Uemura

as
Shōichi Hirose

as
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

as Miyamoto Musashi

Writing	Takeshi Kimura	Screenplay
Editing	Ume Takeda	Editor
Camera	Kazuo Yamada	Director of Photography
Lighting	Eiji Yamaguchi	Lighting Technician
Art	Hiroshi Ueda	Art Direction
Production	Tomoyuki Tanaka	Executive Producer
Sound	Hisashi Shimonaga	Sound Mixer
Writing	Hiroshi Inagaki	Screenplay
Sound	Kan Ishii	Original Music Composer
Directing	Hiroshi Inagaki	Director
Sound	Yoshio Nishikawa	Sound Recordist
Writing	Kôsuke Gomi	Original Story
Costume & Make-Up	Yoshiko Samejima	Costume Design