Underplayed Gems

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1) (1956)

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1) poster
Original title
眠狂四郎無頼控
Directed by
Shigeaki Hidaka
Genre
Jidaigeki
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 22m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A lone swordsman wanders through feudal Japan, facing enemies and his own inner demons. This is the first film adaptation of a popular novel series.

melancholicstoicslow-burnatmosphericbroodinglonelycontemplativevisually stark

What happens

《眠狂四郎無賴控》（日語：眠狂四郎無頼控）為1956年上映的時代劇，是改編自柴田鍊三郎的同名作品翻拍成的電影，導演為日高繁明，1950年代，《眠狂四郎系列》在東寶株式會社的贊助支持下，一共拍了三集，由鶴田浩二主演，但是由於東寶版翻拍的眠狂四郎，當時也不合柴田本人之意，之後一直到1963年由大映製作新一季的眠狂四郎系列，主演為市川雷藏。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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