Sword of the Beast (1965)
- Original title
- 獣の剣
- Directed by
- Hideo Gosha
- Genre
- Jidaigeki
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 77 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A samurai on the run after killing a clan official gets tangled in a plot to steal gold from the shogun's mine. He meets another desperate samurai with the same goal and their paths collide.
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What happens
Sword of the Beast (獣の剣, Kedamono no ken; also called Samurai Gold Seekers) is a 1965 jidaigeki film co-written and directed by Hideo Gosha. Set in 1857 at the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate, the story follows a fugitive samurai who has killed a counselor in his clan and is on the run. He gets involved in a scheme to poach gold from the shōgun's mountain, where he encounters another samurai who is also there to poach gold. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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