

106 minutes
10/18/1960
The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Ryunosuke Tsukue, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesn't hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good.

Raizō Ichikawa
as Ryunosuke Tsukue

Kōjirō Hongō
as Hyoma Utsugi

Tamao Nakamura
as Ohama / Otoyo

Fujiko Yamamoto
as Omatsu

Kenji Sugawara
as Kondo, Isamu

Jun Negami
as Serizawa

Chishū Ryū
as Tsukue

Michiko Ai
as Okinu

Ryūzō Shimada
as Kamiya Shuzen
Toshio Chiba
as Coolie Saizo
Saburo Niwamata
as Utsugi

Reiko Fujiwara
as Courtesan Yuki
Yoichi Funaki
as Shinzaburo
Yoichi Mashio
as Yohachi

Yoshito Yamaji
as Onogawa

Bontarō Miake
as Urajuku no Shichibee

Shōgo Shimada
as Shimada Toranosuke
Shinobu Araki
as Nakamura Isshin

Tatsuo Hanabu
as Itsumi Toshiyasu

Shōzō Nanbu
as Katayanagi Banjirou

Kōichi Katsuragi
as Fujisaku

Saburo Date
as Hirama Jusuke
Kinya Ichikawa
as Ando

Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka
as Kurosaka

Kōichi Mizuhara
as Akame
Sumao Ishihara
as Quick lunch shopkeeper
Okuyama Asao

Jun Fujikawa
as Kumosuke no Rokuzo
Dan Iwata
Akira Shimizu
as Kumosuke no Sanzo
Kazuo Ōbayashi
as Itsumi's disciple
Yoshiro Yasuda

Yūji Hamada
as Yoshimura

Gen Kimura
as Okada Yaichi
Kenji Morita
as Taxman Kato