Dai-bosatsu tōge (1957 film)
# 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.

## Cast

* Chiezō Kataoka as Ryunosuke Tsukue
* Nakamura Kinnosuke as Hyoma Utsugi
* Ryūnosuke Tsukigata as Shichibei
* Yumiko Hasegawa as Ohama / Otoyo
* Satomi Oka as Omatsu
* Sumiko Hidaka as Otaki
* Denjirō Ōkōchi as Toranosuke Shimada

## Legacy

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

