Souls in the Moonlight II (1958)
Action
Drama
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.
Cast
Ryûnosuke Tsukue
Otoku
Kuratao / Ichitaro
Okinu
Otsuno
Kanbei Utabe
Momozo Zenriki
Doan
Mochizuki Sobei
Yohachi
Utsugi Hyoma
Komai Noto-no-kami
Otoyo
Shichibei
Yohei
Yonetomo
Shintaro Mochizuki
Kamio Shuzen
Kinzo
Omatsu
Crew
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Producer
Novel
Screenplay
Screenplay
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