Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style

6.9

In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle, where Miyamoto continues on a mission of learning; with the introduction of his arch-rival Sasaki Kojiro;…

Ehara Shinjiro

Ehara Shinjiro is a Japanese actor. He's married to actress Nakahara Hitomi.

Oyama Katsukiyo

Oyama Katsukiyo is an author from Haruyama, Youra Village, Kuma District, Kumamoto Prefecture. After graduating from Kumamoto Prefectural Kamoto Junior High School, he became a student of Sakai Toshihiko in 1918. After that, he studied under Yanagita Kunio through the labor movement and the peasant…

Miyamoto Musashi

Miyamoto Musashi was a Japanese swordsman, philosopher, writer and rōnin. Musashi, as he was often simply known, became renowned through stories of his excellent and unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated…

Miyamoto Musashi

Miyamoto Musashi

7.4

Following the battle of Sekigahara, Takezo and his friend Matahachi find themselves on the losing side. Instead of the grand victory and glory Takezo had anticipated, he finds himself a hunted fugitive. The movie follows…

Miyamoto Musashi

6.7

The first of five Musashi series, Shinobu and her brother Genichiro plead with the famous swordsman Musashi Miyamoto to teach them swordsmanship to avenge their father's death. The killers of their father see the sister…

Miyamoto Musashi

Miyamoto Musashi

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

7.6

It is the first film of Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy of historical adventures. Following the battle of Sekigahara, Takezo and his friend Matahachi find themselves on the losing side. Instead of the grand victory…

Miyamoto Musashi

7.5

Miyamoto Musashi left his village and ended up fighting in the battle of Sekigahara with his friend Matahachi, but Miyamoto Musashi lost Matahachi. He goes back to the village to inform Matahachi's family about what…

Miyamoto Musashi: Swords of Death

6.6

In the retelling of the story of the legendary Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, the story takes the wanderer into a conflict with a chain and sickle wielding adversary who cannot be taken lightly, the man's wife…

Kusabue Mitsuko

Mitsukô Kusabue was born on October 22, 1933 in Yokohama, Japan. She is an actress, known for The Lost World of Sinbad (1963), Miyamoto Musashi (1984) and Shikonmado - Dai tatsumaki (1964).

Yoshikawa Eiji

After getting various jobs, he started working as a writer and became a popular writer with " Naruto Secretary ". " Miyamoto Musashi, " which began serialization in 1935, gained a large number of readers and became a representative work of popular novels . After the war, he wrote major works such as…

Tamiya Jiro

Tamiya Jiro was born on August 25, 1935 in Kyoto City, Japan as Shibata Goro. He was an actor and producer, known for Miyamoto Musashi (1973), 3000 kiro no wana (1971) and Showdown at Night's End (1964). He was married to Fuji Yukiko. He died on December 29, 1978 in Tokyo, Japan.

Oka Satomi

Oka Satomi is a Japanese actress. She has made over 150 films in her career, including such classics as Miyamoto Musashi and Ako Roshi. While attending Amagasaki High School in Amagasaki, Japan, she was selected as Miss Cinderella in 1953 for a “Japan Cinderella Princess Contest” held by RKO Radio…

Inagaki Hiroshi

A skilled and versatile filmmaker best known for his jidai-geki, Inagaki worked as an actor before directing. In the silent era, he narrated traditional stories with visual flair and melodramatic intensity: his extant second film, Vagabond Gambler (Hōrō zanmai, 1928), reveals his instinctive talent…

Yorozuya Kinnosuke

Yorozuya Kinnosuke was a Japanese kabuki actor. Born Ogawa Kinichi, son of kabuki actor Nakamura Tokizo III, he entered kabuki and became the first in the kabuki tradition to take the name Nakamura Kinnosuke. He took on his guild name Yorozuya as his surname in 1971. In addition to his kabuki activity,…

Abe Kusuo

Kusuo Abe was born on July 24, 1910 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan as Ishitaro Ito. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for Ikiru (1952), Miyamoto Musashi (1961) and Miyamoto Musashi IV: Duel at Ichijyo-ji Temple (1964). He died on November 2, 1965 in Kyoto, Japan.

Wakao Tokuhei

Born in Yamada Town, Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture. The eldest son of Wakao Kinzo (the same grave), an adopted child of the Wakao Zaibatsu and a banker. Relatives are Shohachi Wakao (11-1-10). The wife of architect Kisho Kurokawa and actress Ayako Wakao is her niece. 　Graduated from Keio University…