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Souls in the Moonlight II
Souls in the Moonlight II

Souls in the Moonlight II

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This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and times of bloodthirsty samurai, Tsukue Ryunosuke. Blinded in an explosion and further injured from a fall, the master swordsman is taken in by Otoyo, a woman who falls in love with him. Under Otoyo’s dedicated care, Ryunosuke’s physical and emotional wounds seem to heal. However, deep inside, the demons that drive him to kill yearn to resurface. Meanwhile he is being pursued by Utsugi Hyoma, a young samurai seeking to avenge his brother’s death at Tsukue’s hands. Hyoma is being aided along the way by the clever thief Shichibei.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

6.6/10

Release Date

20 April 1958

Country

Japan

Cast

Chiezō Kataoka

Chiezō Kataoka

Ryûnosuke Tsukue

Michiyo Kogure

Michiyo Kogure

Otoku

Yumiko Hasegawa

Yumiko Hasegawa

Otoyo

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Shichibei

Kunio Kaga

Kunio Kaga

Yonetomo

Kōtarō Satomi

Kōtarō Satomi

Shintaro Mochizuki

Isao Yamagata

Isao Yamagata

Kamio Shuzen

Eijirō Kataoka

Eijirō Kataoka

Kinzo

Yumiko Hasegawa

Yumiko Hasegawa

Satomi Oka

Satomi Oka

Omatsu

Yoshiharu Ueki

Yoshiharu Ueki

Kuratao / Ichitaro

Harumi Urazato

Harumi Urazato

Okinu

Sadako Sawamura

Sadako Sawamura

Otsuno

Kusuo Abe

Kusuo Abe

Kanbei Utabe

Akitake Kōno

Akitake Kōno

Momozo Zenriki

Bokuzen Hidari

Bokuzen Hidari

Doan

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Mochizuki Sobei

Akira Kishii

Akira Kishii

Yohachi

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Utsugi Hyoma

Chiyonosuke Azuma

Chiyonosuke Azuma

Komai Noto-no-kami

Harue Akagi

Harue Akagi

Kin'nosuke Fujiki

Kin'nosuke Fujiki

Kyōichi Hara

Kyōichi Hara

Michiko Hoshi

Michiko Hoshi

Hiroshi Kato

Hiroshi Kato

Michimaro Otabe

Michimaro Otabe

Takeshi Kumagai

Takeshi Kumagai

Ichitarō Kuni

Ichitarō Kuni

Kenji Kusumoto

Kenji Kusumoto

Hiroshi Mizuno

Hiroshi Mizuno

Gorō Naniwa

Gorō Naniwa

Toshikazu Sahashi

Toshikazu Sahashi

Matsunosuke Sasaki

Matsunosuke Sasaki

Hideo Shimada

Hideo Shimada

Mamoru Shimokawa

Mamoru Shimokawa

Kichijirō Ueda

Kichijirō Ueda

Yujiro Omi

Yujiro Omi

Katsuya Ishimaru

Katsuya Ishimaru

Yohei

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