

Miyamoto Musashi
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.
Movie Details
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Shochiku
Key Crew

Tai Katō
Director

Yoshitarō Nomura
Writer
Cast

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














