

Souls in the Moonlight
First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Tsuke Ryunosuke, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesnt hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good. Despite the authors explicit refusal, the series were later made into plays and movies several times.
Cast

Chiezo Kataoka
Tsukue Ryunosuke

Kinnosuke Nakamura
Hyoma Utsugi

Yumiko Hasegawa
Ohama / Otoyo

Satomi Oka
Omatsu
Ryūtarō Aoyagi
Shinobu Araki

Koji Arima
Mitsuo Asano
Kinnosuke Fujiki

Sumiko Hidaka

Bokuzen Hidari
Doctor Doan
Hiroshi Hitomi

Eijirō Kataoka

Gorō Kawabe
Mitsukazu Kawamura
Storyline
First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Tsuke Ryunosuke, a nihilistic swordmaster who doesnt hesitate to kill anyone, bad or good. Despite the authors explicit refusal, the series were later made into plays and movies several times.
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