Broken Swords

Broken Swords (秘剣破り) is a 1969 Japanese film directed by Kazuo Ikehiro. It is based on Kosuke Gomi's novel Hakuōki (薄桜記). The film depicts the early years of Horibe Yasubei and Tange Tenzen's relationship.

Cast

 * Hiroki Matsukata as Tange Tenzen
 * Kojiro Hongo as Nakayama Yasubei
 * Yumi Iwai as Nagao Chiharu
 * Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as Nagao Ryunosuke
 * Yoshihiko Aoyama as Asano Takumi no Kami
 * Shousaku Sugiyama as Kira Yoshinaka
 * Yoshi Katō as Horibe Yasubei
 * Tatsuo Matsumura as Chisaka Takafusa

Other adaptations

 * Samurai Vendetta