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The Lightning Sword
80%
Movie
1h 12m
AI Analysis
The Lightning Sword (1962) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Lightning Sword (1962) — a movie tagged as Adventure, Crime, and Drama with epic moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn’t know where his road leads, only that he must find his lost sister, and the ronin who stole her away. The ronin that Shinjiro has sworn to kill. On the road he’ll find his sister and test his blade agains… Our models also surface themes such as ai, family, and war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~72 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Lightning Sword 80% (2 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
AI verdict
The Lightning Sword is a film worth prioritising when you want something with strong audience scores — our AI analysis flags it as a strong match for its genre and tone profile.
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TMDb audience score
80%
from 2 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn’t know where his road leads, only that he must find his lost sister, and the ronin who stole her away. The ronin that Shinjiro has sworn to kill. On the road he’ll find his sister and test his blade against his bitter enemy. He also encounters a lost boy searching for his father, a boy he will swear to protect, and find his own lost love, a daughter of the yakuza who draws him into a frenzied and bloody battle between rival yakuza gangs for the control of a frightened town.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1962-12-08
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- TMDB rating
- 8.0
- TMDB ID
- 688514
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Is there an official trailer for The Lightning Sword?
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What is The Lightning Sword about?
Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn’t know where his road leads, only that he must find his lost sister, and the ronin wh... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for The Lightning Sword?
Yes. WatchMind publishes an AI analysis on this page — tone, pacing, audience fit, and community scores from TMDb metadata and recommendation models (not a chatbot). Scroll to the AI Analysis section or read the meta description summary.
How long is the movie The Lightning Sword?
The official runtime for The Lightning Sword is approximately 72 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Shinjiro of Misaki
Shigeru Amachi
Higashinosuke Yamagata
Ryūzō Shimada
Tokusaburō
Mieko Kondō
Oyo
Eigorō Onoe
Yamagoro
Jun'ichirō Narita
Asanosuke
Chitose Maki
Orryu
Reiko Fujiwara
Kaede / Fumie
Yūji Nanto
Takuro
Ikuko Mōri
Oharu
- T
Toshio Chiba
Tomizo
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Shōsaku Sugiyama
Teruko Ōmi
- Y
Yōko Wakasugi
Gen Kimura
- S
Seishiro Hara
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