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