Characters & Themes
Sword Devil (1965) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1965 · 83 mins · Japanese
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- Directed by
- Kenji Misumi
- Starring
- Kei Satô, Kimiko Tachibana, Jun Katsumura, Kentaro Kudo, Saburo Date, Yūji Hamada
Hanpei, a gentle young samurai who cherishes flowers, watches an old swordsman execute a lightning‑quick draw. Fascinated, he apprentices under the master, rapidly mastering the blade. His newfound skill draws his lord’s notice, and the lord commands him to carry out an assassination, forcing Hanpei to confront the clash between his pacifist sensibilities and the brutal demands of his duty.
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