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Miyamoto Musashi

73 %|May 27, 1961|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.

Featured Crew

Naoyuki Suzuki
Writer
Masashige Narusawa
Writer
Eiji Yoshikawa
Novel
Tomu Uchida
Director
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Hiroo Nozu
Sound
Kimiharu Tsujino
Production Design
Masanobu Hayashi
Makeup Artist

Cast

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Kinnosuke Nakamura
Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)
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Isao Kimura
Hon'iden Matahachi
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Kusuo Abe
Fuchikawa Goroku
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Rentaro Mikuni
Muneaki Takuan
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Tokubei Hanazawa
Tanzaemon Aoki
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Kunio Kaga
Tsuji Kaze Ten Ma
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Seiji Miyaguchi
Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
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Harue Akagi
Kisuke's wife
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Shojiro Ogasawara
Shichiho temple monk
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Shirō Osaki
Hon'iden's relative
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Koji Arima
Village man
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Noboru Umezawa
Village man
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Hanzô Kataoka
Village man
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Mitsuo Asano
Yamabushi
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Mitsukazu Kawamura
Border Inspector
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Kin'ya Suzuki
Border Inspector
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Kazuko Ōura
Villager