DESTINY'S SON
	Original Title:  Kiru Company:  Daiei Company Ltd. Production Year:  1962 Format:  16:9 Widescreen - Black / White - 71 mins - English Subtitles Cast:  ICHIKAWA Raizo, FUJIMURA Shiho, NAGISA Mayumi Directed by:  MISUMI Kenji Where to Buy:  www.samuraidvd.com
	This film has had a major impact on Japanese films of the 1960's, as it utilized the combined talents of some of the most important figures in the samurai genre. With a screenplay by Shindo Kaneto (ONIBABA, KURONEKO) from a novel by Shibata Renzaburo (creator of the Son Of The Black Mass series), this is a totally unique story. Add to that the brilliant director Misumi Kenji and the acting talent of Japan's most popular sword star, Ichikawa Raizo and you have a true work of art. After a lady-in-waiting kills her lord’s mistress, she escapes and gives birth to a son. Her husband then has to behead her in a ritual suicide, and the boy becomes a master swordsman. Not knowing his past, he develops an unusual sword style, and faces countless challenges. This is considered the breakthrough film for director Misumi. He is best known in this country for directing the Baby Cart and Blind Swordsman films, but in Japan, nothing matched the popularity of Raizo and Kenji!

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