Souls in the Moonlight II (1958)
Synopsis
This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and times of bloodthirsty samurai, Tsukue Ryunosuke. Blinded in an explosion and further injured from a fall, the master swordsman is taken in by Otoyo, a woman who falls in love with him. Under Otoyo’s dedicated care, Ryunosuke’s physical and emotional wounds seem to heal. However, deep inside, the demons that drive him to kill yearn to resurface. Meanwhile he is being pursued by Utsugi Hyoma, a young samurai seeking to avenge his brother’s death at Tsukue’s hands. Hyoma is being aided along the way by the clever thief Shichibei.
Release Date: 1958-04-20
Runtime: 105 minutes
Director: Tomu Uchida
Top Cast
- Chiezo Kataoka as Ryûnosuke Tsukue
- Michiyo Kogure as Otoku
- Yumiko Hasegawa as Otoyo
- Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as Shichibei
- Kunio Kaga as Yonetomo
- Kōtarō Satomi as Shintaro Mochizuki
- Isao Yamagata as Kamio Shuzen
- Eijirō Kataoka as Kinzo
- Yumiko Hasegawa as
- Satomi Oka as Omatsu
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