Miyamoto Musashi (1973)

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.
- Released
- 1973-07-13
- Genres
- Drama, Action
- Runtime
- 148 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Tai Katō, Yamashita Kiyomoto
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 from 11 votes
Cast
- Hideki Takahashi as Musashi Miyamoto
- Jirō Tamiya as Kojiro Sasaki
- Mitsuko Baisho as Akemi
- Keiko Matsuzaka as Otsu
- Chishū Ryū as Takuan
- Toshiyuki Hosokawa as Seijuro Yoshioka
- Makoto Satō
- Junko Toda as Osugi
- Toshie Kimura as Oko
- Kenjirō Ishiyama as Mibu Genzaemon
- Yoshi Katō as Sado Nagaoka
- Takeshi Katō as Iwama Kakubei
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