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Sword of the Beast is a 1965 film directed by Hideo Gosha.

The story, set in 1857 at the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate follows a rebel samurai Gennosuke (Mikijiro Hira) as he flees from his clan after assassinating a counselor. The daughter of the counselor, Misa (Toshie Kimura) and her fience Diazaburo (Kantaro Suga) pursue Gennosuke along with other samurai from Gennosuke's clan dispite Gennosuke's obvious superiority as a warrior. A series of flashbacks revels that Gennosuke commited treason in an attempt to reform the clan and become a full fledged retainer instead of a lowly foot soldier.

As Gennosuke flees he meets a prospector named Gundayu (Takeshi Kato) and decides to poach gold from the Shogun's mountain in an attempt to reestablish his life. On the mountain, Gennosuke discovers Jurota Yamane (Go Kato) and his wife Taka (Shima Iwashita) stealing gold as part of a mission for their clan.

It is eventually revealed that Jurota's clan is going to betray him and kill he and his wife after they have the gold. On hearing this Gennosuke is reminded of his own betrayal by high ranking men of his own clan. He decides to help Jurota and Taka instead of leaving the mountain for safety. Diazaburo and Misa catch up to Gennosuke as he is making this decision and follow him to the scene of the climactic battle.

Gennosuke finds Jurota but too late to stop their murder by their own clan. Instead he takes revenge of the gathered clansmen and mercenaries. After the battle is won, Daizaburo and Misa see the hypocrisy of the clan system mirrored in Gennosuke's situation and rescind their vendetta allowing Gennosuke to leave without a fight.

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