Sword of the Beast
1965 · 85 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 3,192 VOTES · DIR. Hideo Gosha
Overview
Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha's Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His former comrades then turn on him, and this betrayal so shakes his sense of honor that he decides to live in the wild, like an animal. There he joins up with a motley group who are illegally mining the shogun’s gold, and, with the aid of another swordsman, gets a chance not just at survival but to recover his name and honor.
Dialogue Timeline — 730 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:15 SHOCHIKU PICTURES
00:04:35 Have you no shame, you coward?
00:07:37 One can accept anybody's help if need be.
00:09:41 Any more bets? I hear none. Game!
00:13:57 It has one window
00:18:36 You two used to be friends.
00:21:02 But he's a samurai. He must die like one.
00:23:24 There are clearly some very dangerous people upriver
00:26:35 You can be executed for that!
00:29:55 Lay him down gently.
00:33:30 Why the towel?
00:36:11 Don't go. I can't let you go to your death.
00:39:20 Any who dared approach.
00:43:10 Face it! There's nothing you can do!
00:45:47 This mountain is a dwelling for beasts.
00:48:01 Could you?
00:53:30 My husband will be promoted to full samurai, with a 200-koku stipend.
00:56:06 making a stipend of only 25 koku
00:58:42 Come. Let me take you back.
01:04:10 Warn me?
01:08:12 I'm not leaving here empty-handed.
01:12:41 I don't know what's going to happen to me.
01:17:28 What do you need to do?
01:20:44 This is how you reward them?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed730
Dialogue density8.6 lines / min
First line00:00:15
Final line01:20:44
Production Record
DirectorHideo Gosha
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes3,192