Miyamoto Musashi
宮本武蔵
Release: 1961-05-27
·Runtime: 110m
·★ 7.3
History
Action
Drama
In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly auspicious. He sides with the Toyotomi at Sekigahara, and as a result finds himself on the losing side of the historic battle. He and his friend Matahachi manage to escape the slaughter although the latter is wounded in his leg. They stumble across the young Akemi who makes her living with her mother Oko by robbing corpses of their armor and anything else they can sell. Oko takes it into her head to seduce Matahachi, which she does first by skillfully sucking the gangrene from his blood, and then just by sucking.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Toei Company
Cast
Kinjirô Tooyama
Isao Kimura
as Hon'iden Matahachi
Kunio Kaga
as Tsuji Kaze Ten Ma
Yukio Miyagi
as A Ghost
Kinnosuke Nakamura
as Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)
Akira Shioji
as A Ghost
Satomi Oka
as Akemi
Kensaku Haruji
as Villager
Chieko Naniwa
as Osugi
Michiyo Kogure
as Oko
Koji Arima
as Village man
Wakaba Irie
as Otsu
Kusuo Abe
as Fuchikawa Goroku
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
Akiko Kazami
as Ogin
Kinji Nakamura
as Villager
Rentaro Mikuni
as Muneaki Takuan
Harue Akagi
as Kisuke's wife
Tsuyako Okajima
