Souls in the Moonlight III

The story

Master swordsman, Tsukue Ryunosuke is confronted by the families of his victims. Will justice be served for the lost innocent lives? The conclusion of the famed Jidaigeki series is an amazing film, with a completely different perspective on the story from the later versions. While the international audience is more familiar with the “Sword of Doom” and “Satan’s Sword” versions of Daibosatsu Toge (The Great Bodhisattva Pass), the “Souls in the Moonlight” trilogy casts an entirely different light on Ryunosuke and his motives. Can this brutal killer be brought to justice, or is living his life as a blind wanderer a more terrible fate? His sword skills have not diminished, nor has his desire to kill!

In the same saga

Souls In The Moonlight Collection

In release order

Souls in the Moonlight

1957

Souls in the Moonlight II

1958

This film

Souls in the Moonlight III

1959

Cast

C Chiezo KataokaRyûnosuke Tsukue Y Yumiko HasegawaOhama / Otoyo S Satomi OkaOmatsu M Michiko HoshiOkimi C Chizuru KitagawaOgin-sama R Ryūnosuke TsukigataShichibei I Isao YamagataKamio Shuzen A Akitake Kōno S Sadako Sawamura H Harumi UrazatoOkinu Y Yoshiharu Ueki S Shin Tokudaiji

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U Ushio Akashi T Tetsunosuke Tsukigata T Takeshi Osada M Masanori Takeda N Noboru Umezawa M Michimaro Otabe K Kazuo Tokita A Akira KishiiYohachi R Reiji Tsumura S Shinichi Hamada S Shinnosuke Ogata H Haruhiko Nishi S Shūjirō Kijima K Kinya Suzuki T Toshikazu Sahashi U Utako Tamaki K Kisho Nomura C Chiyonosuke AzumaKomai Noto-no-kami K Kinnosuke NakamuraUtsugi Hyoma K Katsuya Ishimaru B Bokuzen HidariDoan