- Country: Japan
- Genres: Action, Drama
- Release: 1966-07-01
- Director: Kihachi Okamoto
- Writers: Shinobu Hashimoto , Kaizan Nakazato
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai , Michiyo Aratama , Yûzô Kayama , Yōko Naitō , Tadao Nakamaru , Kei Satō , Kō Nishimura , Ichirô Nakatani , Kunie Tanaka , Toshirō Mifune
- Runtime: 120 min
- Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
- AKA: Dai-bosatsu tôge (Sweden) , La espada del mal (Argentina) , Killer Samurai (Italy) , Le sabre du mal (France, French Republic) , The Sword of Doom (United Kingdom) , Trecătoarea Dai-bosatsu (Romania) , 大菩薩嶺 (Taiwan) , The Sword of Doom (United States of America) , Dai-bosatsu tôge , A végzet kardja (Hungary) , Miecz przeznaczenia (Poland) , 大菩薩峠(1966) (Japan) , Меч судьбы , The Sword of Doom (Canada) , Le sabre du mal (Japan) , Sabia damnaţiunii (Romania) , The Sword of Doom (Australia) , Мечът на съдбата (Bulgaria) , Daibosatsu Pass , A Espada da Maldição (Brazil) , Miecz zagłady (Poland) , The Sword of Doom , Sword of Doom (Germany)
- Plot:
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.
- IMDB:tt0060277
The Sword of Doom Cast · · · ALL
Kihachi Okamoto
Director
Tatsuya Nakadai
Ryunosuke Tsukue
Yûzô Kayama
Hyoma Utsuki
Michiyo Aratama
Ohama
Yōko Naitō
Omatsu
Toshirō Mifune
Toranosuke Shimada
Tadao Nakamaru
Isamu Kondo
Kei Satō
Kamo Serizawa
Kō Nishimura
Shichibei, Omatsu's 'uncle'
Ichirô Nakatani
Bunnojo Utsuki
Kunie Tanaka
Senkichi
Takamaru Sasaki
Ishinsai Nakamura
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Dansho Tsukue
Kamatari Fujiwara
Omatsu's grandfather
Hideyo Amamoto
Shuzen Kamio
Akio Miyabe
Toshizo Ogata
Yasuzô Ogawa
Yohachi
Atsuko Kawaguchi
Okinu
Shôji Ôki
Soji Okita
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Aoyama the Scout
Kanzô Uni
Shin Ibuki
Seishirô Kuno
Takao Zushi
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Hiroshi Tanaka