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Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi

Miyamoto Musashi

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

148 mins

Rating

7.1/10

Release Date

13 July 1973

Country

Japan

Cast

Hideki Takahashi

Hideki Takahashi

Musashi Miyamoto

Jirō Tamiya

Jirō Tamiya

Kojiro Sasaki

Mitsuko Baisho

Mitsuko Baisho

Akemi

Keiko Matsuzaka

Keiko Matsuzaka

Otsu

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

Takuan

Toshiyuki Hosokawa

Toshiyuki Hosokawa

Seijuro Yoshioka

Makoto Satō

Makoto Satō

Junko Toda

Junko Toda

Osugi

Toshie Kimura

Toshie Kimura

Oko

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Mibu Genzaemon

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Sado Nagaoka

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Iwama Kakubei

Takanobu Hozumi

Takanobu Hozumi

Gion Toji

Rokkō Toura

Rokkō Toura

Shishido Baiken

Masahiko Tanimura

Masahiko Tanimura

Sasuke

Akira Shioji

Akira Shioji

Togiya Kosuke

Akitake Kōno

Akitake Kōno

Kimura Sukekuro

Masakane Yonekura

Masakane Yonekura

Narrator (voice)

Yōichi Numata

Yōichi Numata

Seiji Endō

Seiji Endō

Fuyukichi Maki

Fuyukichi Maki

Ushio Akashi

Ushio Akashi

Shosei Muto

Shosei Muto

Hitoshi Ōmae

Hitoshi Ōmae

Tomiko Ishii

Tomiko Ishii

Masahiro Yoshihara

Masahiro Yoshihara

Jun Kashima

Jun Kashima

Ryûsuke Kita

Ryûsuke Kita

Sōnosuke Oda

Sōnosuke Oda

Takuya Shiba

Takuya Shiba

Yoshizô Takahata

Yoshizô Takahata

Taku Kido

Taku Kido

Shuichi Oki

Shuichi Oki

Rintarô Kaga

Rintarô Kaga

Kenji Sonoda

Kenji Sonoda

Terumitsu Kawashima

Terumitsu Kawashima

Tadayuki Okamoto

Tadayuki Okamoto

Hisakage Maehara

Hisakage Maehara

Masaki Tatsuya

Masaki Tatsuya

Kenji Kimura

Kenji Kimura

Yoshiro Taki

Yoshiro Taki

Kanjiro Osugi

Kanjiro Osugi

Koji Nakata

Koji Nakata

Takigawa Goro

Takigawa Goro

Hara Yasuji

Hara Yasuji

Kentarō Imai

Kentarō Imai

Ofuna Taro

Ofuna Taro

Yusuke Minamoto

Yusuke Minamoto

Junji Tsubaki

Junji Tsubaki

Akashi Goro

Akashi Goro

Yôji Doki

Yôji Doki

Nobuo Takagi

Nobuo Takagi

Tamura Masakatsu

Tamura Masakatsu

Keiji Tsuchida

Keiji Tsuchida

Kazuhiro Takasugi

Kazuhiro Takasugi

Nao Matsubara

Nao Matsubara

Toshio Ohkubo

Toshio Ohkubo

Kazuko Motohashi

Kazuko Motohashi

Yoshino Tani

Yoshino Tani

Ryōko Mizuki

Ryōko Mizuki

Kiyo Murakami

Kiyo Murakami

Kenkichi Hamahata

Kenkichi Hamahata

Hosokawa Tadatoshi

Akiko Nishina

Akiko Nishina

Omitsu

Ichirō Arishima

Ichirō Arishima

Kobayashi Tarozaemon

Frankie Sakai

Frankie Sakai

Honiden Matahachi

Keijirō Morozumi

Keijirō Morozumi

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