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Sword of Doom (1965)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:5
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: From the mind of screenwriter -- and Kurosawa-collaborator ("Seven Samurai," "Ikiru") -- Shinobu Hashimoto comes this epic that examines a bloody rivalry. A crazed samurai hacks anything and... From the mind of screenwriter -- and Kurosawa-collaborator ("Seven Samurai," "Ikiru") -- Shinobu Hashimoto comes this epic that examines a bloody rivalry. A crazed samurai hacks anything and anyone in his path to feed his personal sense of glory. Village by village, this unstable warrior kills with abandon and, more importantly, has no sense of honor or spirituality. He then meets an equally gifted swordsman, a principled fencing instructor, who just might end the wanton slaughter. [More]
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshirô Mifune
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshirô Mifune
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
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Reviews for Sword of Doom
Open-minded viewers will be treated to a gripping work of style and tension — an expression of rage and conditioning that’s remarkably vicious for a 1960s adventure yarn.
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