
📜 Overview:
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Takezo agrees to fight Kojiro in a year's time but rejects Shogun's patronage, choosing instead to live on the edge of a village, raising vegetables. He's followed there by Otsu and later by Akemi, both in love with him. The year ends as Takezo assists the villagers against a band of brigands. He seeks Otsu's forgiveness and accepts her love, then sets off across the water to Ganryu Island for his final contest.
🌏 Languages Available:
Japanese
📆 Date Released:
1956-01-03
⌚ Running Time:
105 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
7.3
Beloved Cast

Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
Toshirō Mifune

Kojiro Sasaki
Koji Tsuruta

Otsu
Kaoru Yachigusa

Akemi
Mariko Okada

Takuan
Kurôemon Onoe

Omitsu
Michiko Saga

Court official
Takashi Shimura

Sasuke the boatman
Minoru Chiaki

Omitsu's father
Takamaru Sasaki

Kumagoro the horse thief
Haruo Tanaka

Priest Ogon
Kichijirō Ueda

Innkeeper (uncredited)
Ikio Sawamura

(uncredited)
Nakajirō Tomita

(uncredited)
Sonosuke Sawamura

Yoshino (uncredited)
Michiyo Kogure

Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
Akihiko Hirata

(uncredited)
Minosuke Yamada

(uncredited)
Sōji Kiyokawa

(uncredited)
Masako Sakurai

(uncredited)
Yutaka Oka

(uncredited)
Tominosuke Hayama

(uncredited)
Kumeko Otowa

(uncredited)
Yaeko Izumo

(uncredited)
Noriko Honma

(uncredited)
Tateo Kawasaki

(uncredited)
Fumindo Matsuo

(uncredited)
Ren Yamamoto

(uncredited)
Fuminori Ōhashi

(uncredited)
Haruko Toyama

(uncredited)
Hideo Shibuya

(uncredited)
Katsumi Tezuka

(uncredited)
Keiichirō Katsumoto

(uncredited)
Shirō Tsuchiya

(uncredited)
Masao Masuda

(uncredited)
Yu Agetsu

(uncredited)
Senkichi Ōmura

(uncredited)
Shōichi Hirose

Jotaro (uncredited)
Kenjin Iida

Oko (uncredited)
Mitsuko Mito

Matahachi Honiden (uncredited)
Sachio Sakai

Baiken Shishido (uncredited)
Eijirō Tōno

Old Priest Nikkan (uncredited)
Kokuten Kōdō

(uncredited)
Haruo Nakajima

(uncredited)
Etsuo Saijo

Toji Gion
Daisuke Katō