Broken Swords/ 秘剣破り Release date: 1969-05-30 Genres: Drama, Action Actors: Shinzō Hotta, Yūzō Hayakawa, Yoshio Inaba, Tatsuo Matsumura, Gen Kimura, Kōjirō Hongō, Akitake Kōno, Ryūtarō Gomi, Akane Kawasaki, Yūji Hamada, Shōsaku Sugiyama, Seishirō Hara, Teruko Ōmi, Hiroki Matsukata, Gen Kuroki, Chikara Hashimoto, Yutaro Ban, Shintarō Nanjō, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Yoshi Katō, Ikuko Mōri, Ikkei Tamaki, Shōzō Nanbu, Keiko Koyanagi, Yūsaku Terashima, Yoshihiko Aoyama, Takeshi Date, Ichirō Yamamoto, Yukio Horikita, Kimiko Tachibana, Yasuyo Matsumura, Tatsuo Hanabu, Yae Ozaki, Naomi Kobayashi, Kojiro Oka, Jutarō Hojo, Tomomi Iwai, Masako Tomura, Toranosuke Tennoji, Junko Toyama Runtime: 1 h. 30 min. Score: 7.7/10 Votes: 6 Countries: Japan Companies: Daiei Film Overview: The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the vile Lord Kira.