"The sword is the soul," says master instructor Toshiro Mifune in Kihachi Okamoto's unheralded 1965 samurai classic The Sword Of Doom. "Evil mind, evil sword." Mifune refers to Tatsuya Nakadai ...

This is a good moment for fans of Japanese cinema, with the Criterion Collection releasing a beloved samurai film classic and a group of five films from a director little known in this country.

Sword of Doom. Kihachi Okamoto. BY Noel Dix Published Apr 1, 2005. You have to admire any film that doesn't follow a traditional guideline for its plot, abandoning the opportunity to create a love ...