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鍔鳴浪人 (1939)

鍔鳴浪人 poster
Directed by
Ryohei Arai
Genre
Jidaigeki
Country
Japan

How it feels

This is a Japanese jidaigeki film from 1939 based on a novel. It follows a wandering swordsman in the Edo period who gets drawn into local conflicts. The story is about honor, duty, and sword fights.

historicperioddramaticswordfightingstoicclassicmasculineadventurousgrounded

What happens

『鍔鳴浪人』(つばなりろうにん)は、角田喜久雄が1939年(昭和14年)に発表した日本の長篇小説であり、同作を原作とし、同年正篇・翌1940年(昭和15年)続篇製作・公開、荒井良平監督による日本の長篇劇映画、剣戟映画であり、1956年(昭和31年)製作・公開、内出好吉監督による日本のリメイク映画である。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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