Hideo.Gosha.Sword.of.The.Beast.1965.DVDR.DVD9.CRiTERiON.nfo
KEDAMONO NO KEN (1965)
AKAs:
Sword of the Beast (USA) (DVD title)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200768/
Criterion Collection # 311
http://www.criterion.com/films/761
Director: Hideo Gosha
Description: Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight
of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His
former comrades then turn on him, and this betrayal so shakes his sense of honor that he decides to
live in the wild, like an animal. There he joins up with a motley group who are illegally mining the
shogun's gold, and, with the aid of another swordsman, gets a chance not just at survival but to
recover his name and honor.
Format: NTSC
DVD: 4.85 GB - Exact Untouched Copy
Time (main feature): 85 minutes
Color: Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Japanese
Subtitles: English
DISC FEATURES:
# New, restored high-definition digital transfer.
# A new essay by Japanese-film and -culture critic Patrick Macias:
http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1051
# New and improved English subtitle translation.
DVD Studio: Criterion
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