The Lightning Sword (1962)
Original title: 抜打ち鴉
Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn’t know where his road leads, only that he must find his lost sister, and the ronin who stole her away. The ronin that Shinjiro has sworn to kill. On the road he’ll find his sister and test his blade against his bitter enemy. He also encounters a lost boy searching for his father, a boy he will swear to protect, and find his own lost love, a daughter of the yakuza who draws him into a frenzied and bloody battle between rival yakuza gangs for the control of a frightened town.
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Tomisaburō WakayamaShinjiro of Misaki
Shigeru AmachiHigashinosuke Yamagata
Ryûzô ShimadaTokusaburō
Mieko KondōOyo
Mieko KondōOyo
Eigorô OnoeYamagoro
Jun'ichirō NaritaAsanosuke
Chitose MakiOrryu
Reiko FujiwaraKaede / Fumie
Yūji NantoTakuro
Ikuko MōriOharu
Ryōsuke KagawaMovie DNA
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What is The Lightning Sword about?
Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn’t know where his road leads, only that he must find his lost sister, and the ronin who stole her away. The ronin that Shinjiro has sworn to kill. On the road he’ll find his sister and test his blade against his bitter enemy. He also encounters a lost boy searching for his father, a boy he will swear to protect, and find his own lost love, a daughter of the yakuza who draws him into a frenzied and bloody battle between rival yakuza gangs for the control of a frightened town.
How long is The Lightning Sword?
The Lightning Sword has a runtime of 72 minutes.