MOVIE · 1966

The Sword of Doom

ActionAdventureDramaThriller122 min

In the final days of Japan's shogunate, Tatsuya Nakadai is Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman with no moral code and no hesitation about killing. He moves through a country in turmoil as his reputation darkens and his violence drives him toward madness. The film follows Ryunosuke from one deadly encounter to the next, building a portrait of a man detached from any sense of mercy. The bloodshed unfolds against a society already coming apart.