Destiny's Son (1962)
斬る
In Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering her lord’s concubine. Decades later, his adoptive family is massacred for keeping the secret. Armed with an unbeatable swordfighting technique, Shingo embarks on the path of the masterless samurai in search of vengeance and a path beyond his own ignominious origins.
- Date of release
- 1962-07-01
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (25)
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Genres
- Action, Drama, History
- Director
- Kenji Misumi
- Collection
- Kenji Misumi's Trilogy of the Sword
Casting
- Raizō Ichikawa — Takakura Shingo
- Mayumi Nagisa — Yoshio Takakura
- Masayo Banri — Sayo Tadokoro
- Shigeru Amachi — Sôshi Tada
- Jun'ichirō Narita — Mondo Tadokoro
- Eijirō Yanagi — Ooinokami Matsudaira
- Matasaburô Niwa — Eijirô Chiba
- Teru Tomota — Kihei Shôji
- Yoshio Inaba — Giichirô Ikebe
- Matasaburo Tamba
- Toshio Chiba
- Shinjirō Asano — Shin'emon Takakura
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