Souls in the Moonlight (大菩薩峠) 66 years old

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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Souls in the Moonlight Cast

Name Character
Kinnosuke Nakamura He was 24, 64 years old when he died as Hyoma Utsugi
Yoshio Yoshida He was 23, 53 years old when he died
Chiezō Kataoka He was 54, 80 years old when he died as Tsukue Ryunosuke
Shinobu Araki He was 66, 77 years old when he died
Satomi Oka She was 21, now 88 years old as Omatsu
Isao Yamagata He was 41, 80 years old when he died
Sôji Kiyokawa He was 53, 81 years old when he died
Yasushi Nagata He was 49, 64 years old when he died
Bokuzen Hidari He was 63, 77 years old when he died
Denjirō Ōkōchi He was 59, 64 years old when he died
Ryūnosuke Tsukigata He was 55, 68 years old when he died
Hiroshi Mizuno He was 58, 70 years old when he died

Souls in the Moonlight Crew

Name Department
Minoru Miki as Director of Photography. He was 27 (81) years old when He died Camera
Eizaburo Shiba as Screenplay. Writing
Tomu Uchida as Director. He was 59 (72) years old when He died Directing
Katsuhito Inomata as Screenplay. He was 46 (68) years old when He died Writing
Souls in the Moonlight poster
Souls in the Moonlight (66 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, July 13, 1957
  • Runtime: 106 minutes