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
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Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • 13 July 1957 (1957-07-13) (Japan)[1][2]
Running time
119 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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Legacy

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "大菩薩峠(1957)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "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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