Dai-bosatsu tōge (1957 film)

Dai-bosatsu tōge (大菩薩峠), English title Swords in the Moonlight or Sword in the Moonlight, is a 1957 Japanese jidaigeki and drama film directed by Tomu Uchida. It is based on the novel of the same name by Kaizan Nakazato.

Cast

 * Chiezō Kataoka as Ryunosuke Tsukue
 * Nakamura Kinnosuke as Hyoma Utsugi
 * Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as Shichibei
 * Yumiko Hasegawa as Ohama / Otoyo
 * Satomi Oka as Omatsu
 * Sumiko Hidaka as Otaki
 * Denjirō Ōkōchi as Toranosuke Shimada

Legacy
Dai-bosatsu tōge was screened in the Museum of Modern Art as part of a retrospective on Tomu Uchida in 2016.