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Sword of Doom (1965)

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Average Rating:7.6/10

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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