What is Sword of Doom / The Great Melee about?

Name: Sword of Doom / The Great Melee
Genre: Action/Adventure

SWORD OF DOOM (DAIBOSATSU TOGE), 1966, Janus Films, 120 min. Dir. Kihachi Okamoto. A riveting, desolate picture, anchored by a mesmerizing portrayal from Tatsuya Nakadai as paranoid killer Ryunosuke Tsukue, an outcast from his family and a hunted man recruited by the notorious Shinsengumi band of assassins. THE GREAT MELEE (DAI SATSUJIN), 1964, Toei Studios, 118 min. Dir. Eiichi Kudo. A reform activist (Kotaro Satomi) is pulled into a violent fray when an acquaintance hunted by government troops hides in his house. Samurai police burst in, kill the man and attempt to arrest Satomi. Rescued by fellow activists who create a diversion, Satomi is sheltered by a good natured, hard-drinking, apolitical ronin (Mikijiro Hira). A wealthy opposition samurai organizes Satomi, a female ninja, a sex-obsessed priest and a samurai family man, in an effort to assassinate the province’s abusive ruler.

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What is Sword of Doom / The Great Melee about?: SWORD OF DOOM (DAIBOSATSU TOGE), 1966, Janus Films, 120 min. Dir. Kihachi Okamoto. A riveting, desolate picture, anchored by a mesmerizing portrayal from Tatsuya Nakadai as paranoid killer Ryunosuke Tsukue, an outcast from his family and a hunted man recruited by the notorious Shinsengumi band of assassins.
THE GREAT MELEE (DAI SATSUJIN), 1964, Toei Studios, 118 min. Dir. Eiichi Kudo. A reform activist (Kotaro Satomi) is pulled into a violent fray when an acquaintance hunted by government troops hides in his house. Samurai police burst in, kill the man and attempt to arrest Satomi. Rescued by fellow activists who create a diversion, Satomi is sheltered by a good natured, hard-drinking, apolitical ronin (Mikijiro Hira). A wealthy opposition samurai organizes Satomi, a female ninja, a sex-obsessed priest and a samurai family man, in an effort to assassinate the province’s abusive ruler.