

105 minutes
4/20/1958
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.

Chiezo Kataoka
as Ryûnosuke Tsukue

Michiyo Kogure
as Otoku

Yumiko Hasegawa
as Otoyo

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
as Shichibei

Kunio Kaga
as Yonetomo

Kōtarō Satomi
as Shintaro Mochizuki

Isao Yamagata
as Kamio Shuzen

Eijirō Kataoka
as Kinzo

Yumiko Hasegawa

Satomi Oka
as Omatsu
Yoshiharu Ueki
as Kuratao / Ichitaro

Harumi Urazato
as Okinu

Sadako Sawamura
as Otsuno

Kusuo Abe
as Kanbei Utabe
Akitake Kōno
as Momozo Zenriki

Bokuzen Hidari
as Doan

Ryōsuke Kagawa
as Mochizuki Sobei
Akira Kishii
as Yohachi

Kinnosuke Nakamura
as Utsugi Hyoma

Chiyonosuke Azuma
as Komai Noto-no-kami

Harue Akagi
Kinnosuke Fujiki
Kyōichi Hara

Michiko Hoshi

Hiroshi Kato

Michimaro Otabe
Takeshi Kumagai
Kazutarō Kuni

Kenji Kusumoto
Hiroshi Mizuno
浪花五郎
Toshikazu Sahashi
Matsunosuke Sasaki
Hideo Shimada
Mamoru Shimokawa

Kichijirō Ueda
Yujiro Omi
Katsuya Ishimaru
as Yohei