After a long time of break from samurai movies i decided to watch Sword of The beast from legendary director Hideo Gosha. This was the second movie i have watched from Hideo Gosha, the first was solid yakuza flick Violent City or Violent Streets from 1974. Sword of the Beast is fascinating movie, it is not just ordinary Samurai movie, it is deeply philosophical and society critical. After the watch you start to question who is real beast, the main protagonist or antagonist Yuki Gennosuke or all around him, how the movie is moving till the end Yuki became more hero than anti hero, he is the only who have heart and morality in this samurai world. Hideo Gosha look on samurai times was very critical so for me this is anti samurai movie. Atmosphere in the movie is dark and sometimes cynical and nihilistic, great sword fights and very brutal and agressive for it's time. Perfect cast and acting from the main Mikijiro Hira and also Go Kato. This was definetely the golden age of Japanese cinema the 50's and 60's, everyone who is interested in Japan, Japanese cinema and Samurais must watch this gem of world cinema. Definetely i will watch other movies from Hideo Gosha.