Miyamoto Musashi

Miyamoto Musashi

110 mins | Drama, Action, History | May 27, 1961

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.

Miyamoto Musashi

110 mins | Drama, Action, History | May 27, 1961

Miyamoto Musashi
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 宮本武蔵
Directors Tomu Uchida
Writers Naoyuki Suzuki, Masashige Narusawa, Eiji Yoshikawa

Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura

as Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)

Akiko Kazami

as Ogin

Wakaba Irie

as Otsu

Isao Kimura

as Hon'iden Matahachi

Chieko Naniwa

as Osugi

Kusuo Abe

as Fuchikawa Goroku

Rentaro Mikuni

as Muneaki Takuan

Tokubei Hanazawa

as Tanzaemon Aoki

Bandō Mitsugorō VIII

as Terumasa Ikeda

Satomi Oka

as Akemi

Kunio Kaga

as Tsuji Kaze Ten Ma

Seiji Miyaguchi

as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke

Harue Akagi

as Kisuke's wife

Shojiro Ogasawara

as Shichiho temple monk

Shirō Osaki

as Hon'iden's relative

Kinnosuke Takamatsu

as Village man

Koji Arima

as Village man

Noboru Umezawa

as Village man

Hanzô Kataoka

as Village man

Mitsuo Asano

as Yamabushi

Shinichi Hamada

as Villager

Kensaku Haruji

as Villager

Mitsukazu Kawamura

as Border Inspector

Takeshi Kurobe

as A ghost

Hachirô Minamoto

as Villager

Kinji Nakamura

as Villager

Akira Shioji

as A Ghost

Kin'ya Suzuki

as Border Inspector

Kazuko Ôura

as Villager

Yukio Miyagi

as A Ghost