The Two Musashis

Overview

Toru Emori leads the cast as Hirate Musashi while a Hiroshi Fujioka competes with him as Okamoto Musashi. They must not only contend with the Yoshioka and Yagyu fencing schools, but have to take on Chiyonosuke Azuma as Sasaki Kojiro, and deal with the women who pursue them for love. Unlike the Yoshikawa Eiji novel which is not historically accurate, this film offers a new view of Japan’s greatest hero! The film is based on the novel by Kosuke Gomi!

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 29, 1981

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Fuji Television Network

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded