Musashibo Benkei (1942)
A 1942 Jidaigeki by the veteran jidaigeki filmmaker Kunio Watanabe about the legendary warrior Musashibo Benkei with Hideko Takamine portraying Minamoto no Yoshitsune (who is, of course, a man). The film climaxes in the famous encounter/fight btw Benkei and Yoshitsune at the Gojo Bridge.
Director: Kunio Watanabe
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Joji Oka as |
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Isuzu Yamada as |
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Hideko Takamine as |
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Masaru Kodaka as |
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Yataro Kurokawa as |
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Kokuten Kōdō as |
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Yoshio Kosugi as |
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Yōji Misaki as |
| Directing | Kunio Watanabe | Director |
| Writing | Yoshitake Hisa | Writer |
| Sound | Ryōichi Hattori | Music |
| Camera | Tatsuo Tomonari | Director of Photography |
| Art | Kôhei Shima | Art Direction |
