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Here are a few quick details to keep in mind about the Haiyuza Theater Company, Shochiku drama flick. Sword of the Beast starring Mikijiro Hira, Gō Katō, Shima Iwashita, Kunie Tanaka has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 25 min. The movie received a user score of 75/100 on TMDb, which comes from reviews from 67 verified users.
Thinking about what happens in this film? Here's the plot: "Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His former comrades then turn on him, and this betrayal so shakes his sense of honor that he decides to live in the wild, like an animal. There he joins up with a motley group who are illegally mining the shogun’s gold, and, with the aid of another swordsman, gets a chance not just at survival but to recover his name and honor."
