Broken Swords (1969)
秘剣破り
The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the vile Lord Kira.
- Date of release
- 1969-05-30
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama, Action
- Director
- Kazuo Ikehiro
Casting
- Hiroki Matsukata — Tenzen Tange
- Kōjirō Hongō — Yasubei Nakayama
- Tomomi Iwai — Chiharu
- Shigeru Tsuyuguchi — Ryuanoshin Nagao
- Yoshihiko Aoyama
- Yoshi Katō
- Tatsuo Matsumura
- Naomi Kobayashi
- Akane Kawasaki
- Ryūtarō Gomi
- Yoshio Inaba
- Akitake Kōno
Interesting facts
Broken Swords is a 1969 Japanese film directed by Kazuo Ikehiro. It is based on Kosuke Gomi's novel Hakuōki (薄桜記). The film depicts the early years of Horibe Yasubei and Tange Tenzen's relationship.
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