No Stronger Swords (1959)

7.0/10 83 min

Overview

Featuring some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells the story of a battle between the evil sword style called ”Otonashi” (The Silent Form) and the proper way of swordsmanship as promoted by such historical stalwarts as Shimada Toranosuke, and the mysterious Honda Sakon, who face off against a group masquerading as the lord of Mito and his traveling bodyguards Suke-san and Kaku-san. The plot thickens as their leader unveils his secret plan to disrupt the stability of the nation. It is all in the name of swordsmanship, and as the title implies there are no stronger swordsmen!

Cast

Utaemon Ichikawa

Hashizo Ōkawa

Yumiko Hasegawa

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Keiko Yukishiro

Keiko Okawa

Shunji Sakai

Eijirō Kataoka

Masao Mishima

Yoshio Yoshida

Kodayu Ichikawa

Ushio Akashi

Koji Arima

Tetsunosuke Tsukigata

Michimaro Otabe

Kenji Kusumoto

Ryōsuke Kagawa

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