Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
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
Writers:
Hiroshi Inagaki, Tokuhei Wakao.
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Toshirō Mifune as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo |
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Koji Tsuruta as Kojiro Sasaki |
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Kaoru Yachigusa as Otsu |
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Mariko Okada as Akemi |
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Michiyo Kogure as Lady Yoshino |
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Akihiko Hirata as Seijuro Yoshioka |
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Mitsuko Mito as Oko |
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Kurôemon Onoe as Takuan |
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Sachio Sakai as Matahachi Honiden |
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Yū Fujiki as Denshichiro Yoshioka |
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Machiko Kitagawa as Kogure |
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Eiko Miyoshi as Osugi |
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Eijirō Tōno as Baiken Shishido |
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Kenjin Iida as Jotaro |
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Kō Mihashi as Honami Koetsu |
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Yoshibumi Tajima as Yoshioka samurai |
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Keiko Kondo as (uncredited) |
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Hisako Takihana as (uncredited) |
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Ren Yamamoto as (uncredited) |
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Ryū Kuze as (uncredited) |
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Torahiko Hamada as (uncredited) |
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Yoshio Inaba as (uncredited) |
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Fumindo Matsuo as (uncredited) |
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Minoru Itō as (uncredited) |
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Yasuhisa Tsutsumi as (uncredited) |
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Ren Imaizumi as (uncredited) |
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Rinsaku Ogata as (uncredited) |
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Kenzō Tabu as (uncredited) |
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Kokuten Kōdō as Old Priest Nikkan (uncredited) |
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Daisuke Katō as Toji Gion |
| Directing | Hiroshi Inagaki | Director |
| Writing | Hideji Hōjō | Theatre Play |
| Editing | Hideshi Ohi | Editor |
| Writing | Eiji Yoshikawa | Novel |
| Sound | Ikuma Dan | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Makoto Sono | Set Decoration |
| Production | Kazuo Takimura | Producer |
| Art | Kisaku Ito | Production Design |
| Crew | Yoshio Sugino | Choreographer |
| Sound | Chôshichirô Mikami | Sound |
| Crew | Tukuho Gosai | Choreographer |
| Directing | Jun Fukuda | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Hiroshi Inagaki | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tokuhei Wakao | Screenplay |
| Camera | Jun Yasumoto | Director of Photography |
