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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.
Keywords
samurai
love triangle
village
challenge
biography
farm life
sword fight
katana sword
samurai sword
bandit
ronin
sword duel
jidaigeki
edo period
miyamoto musashi
ganryū-jima
Casts

Toshirō Mifune
Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo

Koji Tsuruta
Kojiro Sasaki

Kaoru Yachigusa
Otsu

Mariko Okada
Akemi
Kurôemon Onoe
Takuan

Michiko Saga
Omitsu

Takashi Shimura
Court official

Minoru Chiaki
Sasuke the boatman

Takamaru Sasaki
Omitsu's father

Haruo Tanaka
Kumagoro the horse thief

Kichijirō Ueda
Priest Ogon

Ikio Sawamura
Innkeeper (uncredited)

Nakajirō Tomita
(uncredited)

Sonosuke Sawamura
(uncredited)

Michiyo Kogure
Yoshino (uncredited)

Akihiko Hirata
Seijuro Yoshioka (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
(uncredited)
Kenjin Iida
Jotaro (uncredited)

Mitsuko Mito
Oko (uncredited)

Sachio Sakai
Matahachi Honiden (uncredited)

Eijirō Tōno
Baiken Shishido (uncredited)

Kokuten Kōdō
Old Priest Nikkan (uncredited)

Haruo Nakajima
(uncredited)
Etsuo Saijo
(uncredited)

Daisuke Katō
Toji Gion
Crews

Hiroshi Inagaki
Director
Hideji Hōjō
Theatre Play
Kazuo Takimura
Producer

Hiroshi Inagaki
Writer

Eiji Yoshikawa
Novel
Tokuhei Wakao
Writer
Masanobu Miyazaki
Sound Recordist
Hideyuki Suga
Production Manager

Jun Fukuda
Assistant Director
Hiroshi Ueda
Assistant Art Director
Kisaku Ito
Production Design
Tsuruzô Nishikawa
Lighting Technician
Kôichi Iwashita
Editor

Ikuma Dan
Music
Kazuo Yamada
Director of Photography
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