# La splendida spada di Bijomaru (1945)

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**Original title**: *名刀美女丸*
**Runtime**: 65 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Kenji Mizoguchi
**Written by**: Matsutarō Kawaguchi, Masamune Yotsura
**Starring**: Shōtarō Hanayagi, Kan Ishii, Eijirō Yanagi, Ichijirō Oya, Isuzu Yamada

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Japanese Gothic meets samurai flick. A swordsmith’s failed blade dooms his mentor prompting a decade-long obsession. The katana he finally forges carries a curse only a blind girl can lift.

**Mood tags**: outsider, slow-burn

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