Released:
1955-07-12

Overview:
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers.

Director:
Hiroshi Inagaki

Runtime:
1h 43min

Genre:
Drama, Action, Adventure

• Cast:
• 
  Toshirō Mifune
  as
  Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
• 
  Koji Tsuruta
  as
  Kojiro Sasaki
• 
  Kaoru Yachigusa
  as
  Otsu
• 
  Mariko Okada
  as
  Akemi
• 
  Michiyo Kogure
  as
  Lady Yoshino