Miyamoto Musashi

Jul 13, 1973

2h 28m

★ 7.1

Overview

In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then beginning his long period of wandering & training, with the goal always in mind of his duel with Kojiro. Part II builds toward that great duel on Ganryu Island, with considerable focus on Musashi's planning & forethought as to how to gain an advantage.

Genres

Drama

Action

Production Companies

Shochiku

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Cast

Musashi Miyamoto

Hideki Takahashi

Kojiro Sasaki

Jirō Tamiya

Akemi

Mitsuko Baisho

Otsu

Keiko Matsuzaka

Takuan

Chishū Ryū

Seijuro Yoshioka

Toshiyuki Hosokawa

Makoto Satō

Osugi

Junko Toda

Oko

Toshie Kimura

Mibu Genzaemon

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Sado Nagaoka

Yoshi Katō

Iwama Kakubei

Takeshi Katō

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