Miyamoto Musashi

The story

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.

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Miyamoto Musashi Collection par Tomu Uchida

In release order

This film

Miyamoto Musashi

1961

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights

1962

Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style

1963

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

1964

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Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro

1965

Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death

1971

Cast

K Kinnosuke NakamuraMiyamoto Musashi (Takezo) A Akiko KazamiOgin W Wakaba IrieOtsu I Isao KimuraHon'iden Matahachi C Chieko NaniwaOsugi K Kusuo AbeFuchikawa Goroku R Rentaro MikuniMuneaki Takuan T Tokubei HanazawaTanzaemon Aoki B Bandō Mitsugorō VIIITerumasa Ikeda M Michiyo KogureOko S Satomi OkaAkemi K Kunio KagaTsuji Kaze Ten Ma

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S Seiji MiyaguchiBamboo craftsman Kisuke H Harue AkagiKisuke's wife S Shojiro OgasawaraShichiho temple monk S Shirō OsakiHon'iden's relative K Kinnosuke TakamatsuVillage man K Koji ArimaVillage man N Noboru UmezawaVillage man H Hanzō KataokaVillage man M Mitsuo AsanoYamabushi S Shinichi HamadaVillager K Kensaku HarujiVillager H Hiroshi Hatano M Mitsukazu KawamuraBorder Inspector T Takeshi KurobeA ghost H Hachirō MinamotoVillager R Ryuichi Nagashima K Kinji NakamuraVillager K Katsuyoshi Noma T Tsuyako Okajima A Akira ShiojiA Ghost K Kinya SuzukiBorder Inspector K Kinjirô Tooyama Y Yujiro Omi K Kazuko ŌuraVillager Y Yukio MiyagiA Ghost K Katsuya Ishimaru