Miyamoto Musashi
1961 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan
First episode of the Miyamoto Musashi saga directed by Tomu Uchida. In this episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly auspicious. He sides with the Toyotomi at Sekigahara, and as a result finds himself on the losing side of the historic battle. He and his friend Matahachi manage to escape the slaughter although the latter is wounded in his leg. They stumble across the young Akemi who makes her living with her mother Oko by robbing corpses of their armor and anything else they can sell.
Direction Tomu Uchida
Cast Kinnosuke Nakamura · Akiko Kazami · Wakaba Irie · Isao Kimura · Chieko Naniwa · Kusuo Abe · Rentarô Mikuni · Tokubei Hanazawa · Minosuke Bando · Michiyo Kogure · Satomi Oka · Kunio Kaga · Seiji Miyaguchi · Harue Akagi · Shojiro Ogasawara · Shirô Osaki · Kinnosuke Takamatsu · Koji Arima · Noboru Umezawa · Hanzô Kataoka · Katsuya Ishimaru · Mitsuo Asano
Soundtrack Akira Ifukube
Screenplay Masashige Narusawa · Naoyuki Suzuki · Eiji Yoshikawa
Cinematography Makoto Tsuboi
Original title Miyamoto Musashi (Miyamoto Musashi 1: Zen and Sword)
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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