Miyamoto Musashi (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.
Director: Tomu Uchida
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Kinnosuke Nakamura as Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo) |
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Akiko Kazami as Ogin |
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Wakaba Irie as Otsu |
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Isao Kimura as Hon'iden Matahachi |
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Chieko Naniwa as Osugi |
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Kusuo Abe as Fuchikawa Goroku |
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Rentaro Mikuni as Muneaki Takuan |
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Tokubei Hanazawa as Tanzaemon Aoki |
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Bandō Mitsugorō VIII as Terumasa Ikeda |
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Michiyo Kogure as Oko |
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Satomi Oka as Akemi |
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Kunio Kaga as Tsuji Kaze Ten Ma |
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Seiji Miyaguchi as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke |
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Harue Akagi as Kisuke's wife |
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Shojiro Ogasawara as Shichiho temple monk |
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Shirō Osaki as Hon'iden's relative |
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Kinnosuke Takamatsu as Village man |
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Koji Arima as Village man |
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Noboru Umezawa as Village man |
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Hanzō Kataoka as Village man |
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Mitsuo Asano as Yamabushi |
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Shinichi Hamada as Villager |
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Kensaku Haruji as Villager |
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Hiroshi Hatano as |
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Mitsukazu Kawamura as Border Inspector |
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Takeshi Kurobe as A ghost |
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Hachirō Minamoto as Villager |
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Ryuichi Nagashima as |
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Kinji Nakamura as Villager |
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Katsuyoshi Noma as |
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Tsuyako Okajima as |
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Akira Shioji as A Ghost |
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Kinya Suzuki as Border Inspector |
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Kinjirô Tooyama as |
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Yujiro Omi as |
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Kazuko Ōura as Villager |
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Yukio Miyagi as A Ghost |
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Katsuya Ishimaru as |
| Writing | Naoyuki Suzuki | Writer |
| Writing | Masashige Narusawa | Writer |
| Writing | Eiji Yoshikawa | Novel |
| Directing | Tomu Uchida | Director |
| Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Hiroo Nozu | Sound |
| Art | Kimiharu Tsujino | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Masanobu Hayashi | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Ryôsaku Nemoto | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gô Mikami | Costume Design |
| Camera | Makoto Tsuboi | Director of Photography |
| Art | Takatoshi Suzuki | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ayako Sakurai | Hairstylist |
| Art | Mineo Kamiwa | Set Designer |
| Editing | Shintarō Miyamoto | Editor |
| Lighting | Hiroshi Watada | Gaffer |
| Art | Takaya Ogawa | Production Design |
| Art | Toshio Miyagawa | Set Decoration |
| Production | Hiroshi Okawa | Executive Producer |