The Beast and the Magic Sword

By the 16th century, Count Waldemar Daninsky (Paul Naschy, who wrote and directed) had already wearied of his immortal existence as a werewolf. He journeyed to Japan in search of a legendary mystic blade that could grant him final rest--and the sorceror-warrior (Shigeru Amachi) worthy of wielding it...but he’d face a gauntlet of unearthly terrors. Lavish production, and Naschy’s penultimate Daninsky film, co-stars Beatriz Escudero, Junko Asahina, Gerard Tichy. 115 min. In Spanish with English subtitles. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Spanish PCM mono; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; featurettes; theatrical trailers.