📜 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:
7.2
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)
Keiichirô 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
