- Country: Japan
- Genres: Action, Drama
- Release: 1965-09-18
- Director: Hideo Gosha
- Writers: Hideo Gosha , Eizaburo Shiba
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Mikijiro Hira , Gō Katō , Shima Iwashita , Toshie Kimura , Kantarô Suga , Yōko Mihara , Kunie Tanaka , Eijirō Tōno , Shigeru Amachi , Hajime Araki
- Runtime: 85 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Kedamono no ken (Germany) , Miecz bestii (Poland) , Sword of the Beast (United Kingdom) , 獣の剣 (Japan) , Sword of the Beast (United States of America) , Sword of the Beast (Canada) , Sword of the Beast , Le sabre de la bête (France, French Republic) , Kedamono no ken , Le Sabre de la bête (France, French Republic) , Samurai Gold Seekers , Kedamono no ken (Korea) , Самураи-золотоискатели , A Espada do Mal (Brazil)
- Plot:
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.
- IMDB:tt0200768
Sword of the Beast Cast · · · ALL
Hideo Gosha
Director
Mikijiro Hira
Yuuki Gennosuke
Gō Katō
Jurata Yamane
Shima Iwashita
Taka
Kunie Tanaka
Tanji
Eijirō Tōno
Minister
Toshie Kimura
Misa
Kantarô Suga
Daizaburo
Yōko Mihara
Osen
Shigeru Amachi
Vice-Counselor
Torahiko Hamada
Takeshi Katō
Katori
Kappei Matsumoto
Yasushi Nagata
Kyôichi Satô
Ginzô Sekiguchi
Sen Yano
Hisashi Yokomori