The Beast and the Magic Sword (1983)
November 25, 1983Release Date
The Beast and the Magic Sword (1983)
November 25, 1983Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Paul Naschy
Count Waldemar Daninsky / Irineus Daninsky / Director / Screenplay
Shigeru Amachi
Kian
Beatriz Escudero
Kinga
Junko Asahina
Satomi
Violeta Cela
Esther
Yôko Fuji
Akane
Conrado San Martín
Salom Jehuda
Gérard Tichy
Otton el grande
José Vivó
Liutprando de Cremona
Yoshirô Kitamachi
Yukio Goto
Sara Mora
Amese
Jiro Miyaguchi
Oda Nobunaga
Masazumi Okabe
Watanabe
Ángel Arteaga
Composer
José Luis Chinchilla
Vulko
Julia Saly
(uncredited) / Producer
Mauro Rivera
(uncredited)
Bruno Molina
(uncredited)
Sergio Molina
(uncredited)
Elvira Primavera
(uncredited)
Antonio “Pierrot” Gracia
(uncredited)
Salvador Sáinz
(uncredited)
Augusto Boué
Producer
Masurao Takeda
Executive Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 25, 1983
Original NameLa bestia y la espada mágica
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 55m
Genres
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The Beast and the Magic Sword (Spanish: La Bestia y la Espada Magica) is a 1983 Spanish/Japanese horror film that is the tenth in a long series of films about the werewolf Count Waldemar Daninsky, played by Paul Naschy. This film moved the Daninsky family curse back to a medieval setting, as Naschy felt the Daninsky saga need not always be confined to a modern-day setting.
The film was shot in Japan, and Naschy brought his wife and two sons with him for the adventure, even allowing them to appear in a brief cameo role in the picture.
Although Naschy always regarded this film to be one of the best movies he ever made, it was never dubbed in English, nor offered legally on VHS or DVD in the U.S. or the U.K. The film was however screened at the Brussels International Film Festival in November 1983, along with Naschy's other 1983 film Panic Beats, and Naschy was given a prize in recognition of his body of work in the cinefantastique genre.
The film first opened theatrically in Spain in April 1984. Although the film was a Spanish/Japanese co-production, for some reason it was never theatrically shown in Japan, nor in any country outside of Spain.
This film was followed by the 11th film in the series, entitled Licantropo, in 1996.