---
title: 'Sword of the Beast (1965)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hideo Gosha'
released: '1965-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 85
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sword-of-the-beast-1965'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200768/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sword of the Beast (1965)

1965 · 85 min · Japan

Original title: 獣の剣

## Synopsis

Sword of the Beast  is a 1965 jidaigeki film co-written and directed by Hideo Gosha. Set in 1857 at the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate, the story follows a fugitive samurai who has killed a counselor in his clan and is on the run. He gets involved in a scheme to poach gold from the shōgun's mountain, where he encounters another samurai who is also there to poach gold.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hideo Gosha](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideo-gosha)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Toshiaki Tsushima](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshiaki-tsushima)

## Cast

- [Shima Iwashita](https://cinepixo.com/people/shima-iwashita)
- [Yōko Mihara](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoko-mihara)
- [Gō Katō](https://cinepixo.com/people/go-kato)
- [Mikijirō Hira](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikijiro-hira)
- [Kunie Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/kunie-tanaka)
- [Kantarō Suga](https://cinepixo.com/people/kantaro-suga)
- [Eijirō Tōno](https://cinepixo.com/people/eijiro-tono)
- [Takeshi Katō](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-kato)

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