, English title ''Swords in the Moonlight'' or ''Sword in the Moonlight'', is a 1957 Japanese

jidaigeki is a genre of film, television, and theatre in Japan. Literally meaning "historical drama, period dramas", it refers to stories that take place before the Meiji Restoration of 1868. ''Jidaigeki'' show the lives of the samurai, farmers, crafts ...

and

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Tomu Uchida , born Tsunejirō Uchida, was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Uchida chose the stage name Tomu, a transliteration of the English Tom, written in Kanji characters meaning "to spit out dreams". Biography Early career After leaving junio ...

. It is based on the novel of the same name by Kaizan Nakazato.

Cast

Chiezō Kataoka Masayoshi Ueki (植木正義, ''Ueki Masayoshi''; March 30, 1903 – March 31, 1983), known professionally as , was a Japanese film and television actor most famous for his starring roles in jidaigeki. Career Born as Masayoshi Ueki in 1903, in G ...

as Ryunosuke Tsukue * Nakamura Kinnosuke as Hyoma Utsugi *

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata was a Japanese actor known especially for his work in jidaigeki in film and television. His real name was Kiyoto Monden. Career Born in Miyagi Prefecture, Tsukigata entered the actor's school at Nikkatsu in 1920, but earned his first starring ro ...

as Shichibei * Yumiko Hasegawa as Ohama / Otoyo * Satomi Oka as Omatsu * Sumiko Hidaka as Otaki *

Denjirō Ōkōchi was a Japanese film actor best known for starring roles in jidaigeki directed by leading Japanese filmmakers. Early life and family Ōkōchi was born Masuo Ōbe on February 5, 1898, in Ōkōchi, Iwaya (present-day Ōkōchi, Buzen), Fukuoka Pr ...

as Toranosuke Shimada

Legacy

''Dai-bosatsu tōge'' was screened in the

Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street (Manhattan), 53rd Street between Fifth Avenue, Fifth and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, a ...

as part of a retrospective on Tomu Uchida in 2016.

References

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* 1957 films Films directed by Tomu Uchida Toei Company films 1950s samurai films Films based on Japanese novels 1950s Japanese films Films scored by Shirō Fukai Japanese drama films 1957 drama films {{1950s-Japan-film-stub