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Merciless Blade
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Merciless Blade

1953
Directed byKunio Watanabe
1h 51m

The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

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Kusuo AbeShinobu ChiharaKensaku Hara
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Haruyo Ichikawa
Kunio Kaga
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Chiezo KataokaRyûnosuke Tsukue
Gorō Kawabe
Noboru Kiritachi
Akira Kishii
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ActionDramaHistory
STATUSReleased
RATING
NR

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