Merciless Blade
The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.
Cast: Kusuo Abe, Shinobu Chihara, Kensaku Hara, Haruyo Ichikawa, Kunio Kaga, Ryōsuke Kagawa, Chiezō Kataoka, Gorō Kawabe, Noboru Kiritachi, Akira Kishii, Mitsuko Miura, Kunitaro Sawamura, Eijirō Kataoka
Crew: Kunio Watanabe (Director), Kunio Watanabe (Screenplay), Kaizan Nakazato (Story), Eiichi Yamada (Music), Takashi Watanabe (Cinematography)