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Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshirô Mifune, Yuzo Kayama, Yôko Naito
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Sword of Doom |
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THE SWORD OF DOOM (Dai-bosatsu tôge) is a Japanese movie directed by Kihachi Okamoto in 1965. The film is about a few episodes of the life of Ryunosuke Tsukue, a cold-hearted samurai who is a master in sword fighting.
Tsukue challenged a rival, Bunnojo, to a dueling exhibition. Bunnojo's wife, Ohama, begs him to let her husband win the duel. Tsukue promises her that he will lose if she has sex with him. Nevertheless, Tsukue kills Bunnojo during the duel and also most of Bonnojo's comrades who ambush him after the fight.
Two years later, Ohama is Tsukue's wife. Tsukue is now a member of the Shindo organization, a bunch of samurais looking for more power and he is mostly used as a killer by the organisation. But Hyoma, Bunnojo's younger brother, is in town and trains with the master fencer Simada (Toshiro Mifune) waiting for the right moment to challenge Tsukue.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Sword of Doom |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Combat acrobatics/martial arts?
Yes
Kind of movie
- superfast sword fighting
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- killer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- cynical
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
Main Adversary
Identity:
- fight for survival
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Japan
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- swords
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Japanese
Subtitles?
- Yes
Is this movie based on a
- book
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