Sorcerer's Orb (里見八犬伝 第一部 妖刀村雨丸, Satomi Hakkenden Daiichibu yōtō murasame maru?) is a 1954 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Toshikazu Kōno.
The film is based on the 1814-1842 novel Nansō Satomi Hakkenden by Kyokutei Bakin.
Its sequels include:
- Sorcerer's Orb part 2 里見八犬伝 第二部 芳流閣の龍虎 (1954)
- Sorcerer's Orb part 3 里見八犬伝 第三部 怪猫乱舞 (1954)
- Sorcerer's Orb part 4 里見八犬伝 第四部 血盟八剣士 (1954)
- Sorcerer's Orb part 5 里見八犬伝 完結篇 暁の勝鬨 (1954)
Famous quotes containing the word orb:
“Thus the orb he roamed
With narrow search, and with inspection deep
Considered every creature, which of all
Most opportune might serve his wiles, and found
The serpent subtlest beast of all the field.”
—John Milton (1608–1674)