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Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
Genres
ActionDramaHistory
Overview
In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments. As his great love Otsu has succumbed to madness. Musashi then sets off to beat the functionaries of a treacherous clan in an arranged duel. 73 against one. Boastful Kojiro watches, secure in the knowledge that only he is a worthy opponent.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
128 min
Release Date
1964-01-01
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
11
Vote Average
7
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
Wakaba Irie
Otsu
Isao Kimura
Hon'iden Matahachi
Chieko Naniwa
Osugi
Mitsuru Takeuchi
Jotaro
Satomi Oka
Akemi
Shinjirō Ehara
Seijuro Yoshioka
Mikijiro Hira
Yoshioka Denshichiro
Ken Takakura
Sasaki Kojiro
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Kichijiro Hayashi
Kei Tani
Akakabe Yasoba
Kusuo Abe
Fuchikawa Goroku
Chieko Higashiyama
Strange Beauty
Eijirō Tōno
Haiya
Masao Oda
Kichin Innkeeper
Kei Satō
Otaguro
Masaharu Arikawa
Hiroshi Arima
Daisuke Awaji
Tokumaro Dan
Isamu Dobashi
Kenji Egi
Hideo Fujimoto
Yoshiko Fujishiro
Mitsuru Hagiwara
Tokue Hanazawa
Hiroshi Hatano
Shōtarō Hayashi
Yūji Ichikawa
Kaneko Iwasaki
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Minken Karasawa
Hanzō Kataoka
Reiko Kaze
Shūjirō Kijima
Yachiyo Kirishima
Yoshio Kirishima
Kazutarō Kuni
Kenji Kusumoto
Toshio Matsuda
Tsukie Matsuura
Hachirō Minamoto
Hiroshi Mizuno
Seiji Mōri
Kinji Nakamura
Tokinosuke Nakamura
Keiko Ono
Yoshiki Oyamada
Kōji Sekiyama
Koreya Senda
Koetsu
Hideo Shimada
Keiichiro Shimada
Kin'ya Suzuki
Shin Tokudaiji
Hiroshi Tonegawa
Isao Yamagata
Kyōko Yasaka
Yasushi Ôki
Yôichi Ôyama
Michiyo Kogure
Rentaro Mikuni
Takuan
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