The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1) (1956)

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

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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