Miyamoto Musashi

1h 50min

History

Action

Drama

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.

Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)
Isao Kimura

Isao Kimura

Hon'iden Matahachi
Kusuo Abe

Kusuo Abe

Fuchikawa Goroku
Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Muneaki Takuan
Tokubei Hanazawa

Tokubei Hanazawa

Tanzaemon Aoki
Kunio Kaga

Kunio Kaga

Tsuji Kaze Ten Ma
Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchi

Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
Harue Akagi

Harue Akagi

Kisuke's wife
Shojiro Ogasawara

Shojiro Ogasawara

Shichiho temple monk
Shirō Osaki

Shirō Osaki

Hon'iden's relative
Koji Arima

Koji Arima

Village man
Noboru Umezawa

Noboru Umezawa

Village man
Hanzō Kataoka

Hanzō Kataoka

Village man
Mitsuo Asano

Mitsuo Asano

Yamabushi
Mitsukazu Kawamura

Mitsukazu Kawamura

Border Inspector
Kin'ya Suzuki

Kin'ya Suzuki

Border Inspector
Kazuko Ōura

Kazuko Ōura

Villager

Release date

27th May 1961

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語