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.[1][2]

Dai-bosatsu tōge
Directed byTomu Uchida
Written by
  • Katsuhito Inomata
  • Eizaburo Shiba
Based onDai-bosatsu tōge
by Kaizan Nakazato
Produced byHiroshi Okawa
Starring
CinematographyShigeto Miki
Edited byShintarō Miyamoto
Music byShirō Fukai
Production
company
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • 13 July 1957 (1957-07-13) (Japan)[1][2]
Running time
119 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Cast

Legacy

Dai-bosatsu tōge was screened in the Museum of Modern Art as part of a retrospective on Tomu Uchida in 2016.[3]

References

  1. "大菩薩峠(1957)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. "大菩薩峠". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  3. "Daibosatsu toge (Swords in the Moonlight). 1957. Directed by Tomu Uchida". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 12 July 2023.


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