Miyamoto Musashi

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 27, 1961

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Toei Company

Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura,Akiko Kazami,Wakaba Irie,Isao Kimura,Chieko Naniwa,Kusuo Abe,Rentaro Mikuni,Tokubei Hanazawa,Bandō Mitsugorō VIII,Michiyo Kogureand 28 more

Director

Tomu Uchida

Writer

Masashige Narusawa,Eiji Yoshikawa,Naoyuki Suzuki

Producer

Hiroshi Okawa

Cinematography

Makoto Tsuboi

Music

Akira Ifukube

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0055188