1973-07-13
148 mins
The Plot
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.
Cast and Crew
Hideki Takahashi
Musashi Miyamoto
Jirō Tamiya
Kojiro Sasaki
Mitsuko Baisho
Akemi
Keiko Matsuzaka
Otsu
Chishū Ryū
Takuan
Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Seijuro Yoshioka
Makoto Satō
Junko Toda
Osugi
Toshie Kimura
Oko
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Mibu Genzaemon
Yoshi Katō
Sado Nagaoka
Takeshi Katō
Iwama Kakubei
Takanobu Hozumi
Gion Toji
Rokkō Toura
Shishido Baiken
Masahiko Tanimura
Sasuke
Akira Shioji
Togiya Kosuke
Akitake Kōno
Kimura Sukekuro
Masakane Yonekura
Narrator (voice)
Yōichi Numata
Seiji Endō
Fuyukichi Maki
Ushio Akashi
Shosei Muto
Hitoshi Ōmae
Tomiko Ishii
Masahiro Yoshihara
Jun Kashima
Ryûsuke Kita
Sōnosuke Oda
Takuya Shiba
Yoshizô Takahata
Taku Kido
Shuichi Oki
Rintarô Kaga
Kenji Sonoda
Terumitsu Kawashima
Tadayuki Okamoto
Hisakage Maehara
Masaki Tatsuya
Kenji Kimura
Yoshiro Taki
Kanjiro Osugi
Koji Nakata
Takigawa Goro
Hara Yasuji
Kentarō Imai
Ofuna Taro
Yusuke Minamoto
Junji Tsubaki
Akashi Goro
Yôji Doki
Nobuo Takagi
Tamura Masakatsu
Keiji Tsuchida
Kazuhiro Takasugi
Nao Matsubara
Toshio Ohkubo
Kazuko Motohashi
Yoshino Tani
Ryōko Mizuki
Kiyo Murakami
Kenkichi Hamahata
Hosokawa Tadatoshi
Akiko Nishina
Omitsu
Ichirō Arishima
Kobayashi Tarozaemon
Frankie Sakai
Honiden Matahachi
