15 Jun 1954
Sorcerer's Orb: Part 3
The third part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyokutei Bakin.
Souls in the Moonlight II
This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and times of bloodthirsty samurai, Tsukue Ryunosuke. Blinded in an explosion and further injured from a fall, the master swordsman is taken in by Otoyo, a woman who falls in love with him. Under Otoyo’s dedicated care, Ryunosuke’s physical and emotional wounds seem to heal. However, deep inside, the demons that drive him to kill yearn to resurface. Meanwhile he is being pursued by Utsugi Hyoma, a young samurai seeking to avenge his brother’s death at Tsukue’s hands. Hyoma is being aided along the way by the clever thief Shichibei.
Top Billed Cast
片岡千恵蔵 Ryûnosuke Tsukue
木暮実千代 Otoku
長谷川裕見子 Otoyo
月形龍之介 Shichibei
加賀邦男 Yonetomo
里見浩太朗 Shintaro Mochizuki
山形勲 Kamio Shuzen
片岡栄二郎 Kinzo
長谷川裕見子 
丘さとみ Omatsu
植木義晴 Kuratao / Ichitaro
浦里はる美 Okinu
沢村貞子 Otsuno
阿部九洲男 Kanbei Utabe
河野秋武 Momozo Zenriki
左卜全 Doan
香川良介 Mochizuki Sobei
岸井明 Yohachi
萬屋錦之介 Utsugi Hyoma
東千代之介 Komai Noto-no-kami
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