Swords in the Moonlight 2 (1958)

Swords in the Moonlight 2 1958 / 大菩薩峠 第二部 1958 / Daibosatsutouge Dainibu , Souls in the Moonlight II , Swords in the Moonlight Part 2

In the second episode of the trilogy, samurai Ryunosuke’s circumstances change: now blinded, he struggles to make a living as a mendicant flute-player. Otoyo, a woman whose husband was killed by Ryunosuke, works to raise money to fund his eye treatment. In this episode, Ryunosuke’s vulnerability allows actor Chiezo Kataoka to create an unusually sympathetic portrait of the antihero. (Source: MoMA.org) ~~ Adapted from the novel series ‟The Great Bodhisattva Pass‟ by Kaizan Nakazato.