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A disillusioned Musashi Miyamoto (Toshiro Mifune) has turned his back on the samurai life, becoming a farmer in a remote village, while his nemesis Kojiro (Koji Tsuruta) now works for the shogun. Circumstances bring them back together for one final face-off. Though it’s marked by a memorably intense final battle sequence, the rousing conclusion to the Samurai Trilogy is engaged with matters of the heart as well, as Miyamoto must ask himself what it is that makes a warrior and a man.
Original Release
01/01/1956
US Release
10/31/1967
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Toshirô Mifune | Musashi Miyamoto (Takezo) / Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo |
Koji Tsuruta | Kojiro Sasaki |
Kaoru Yachigusa | Otsu |
Michiko Saga | Omitsu |
Mariko Okada | Akemi |
Kuroemon Onoe | Priest Takuan / Takuan |
Takashi Shimura | Sado Nagaoka the court official / Court official |
Minoru Chiaki | Sasuke the boatman |
Takamaru Sasaki | Omitsu's father |
Daisuke Katô | Toji Gion |
Directors
Writers
Hiroshi Inagaki, Hideji Hôjô, Tokuhei Wakao, Eiji Yoshikawa
Cast
Name | Character |
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Toshirô Mifune | Musashi Miyamoto (Takezo) / Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo |
Koji Tsuruta | Kojiro Sasaki |
Kaoru Yachigusa | Otsu |
Michiko Saga | Omitsu |
Mariko Okada | Akemi |
Kuroemon Onoe | Priest Takuan / Takuan |
Takashi Shimura | Sado Nagaoka the court official / Court official |
Minoru Chiaki | Sasuke the boatman |
Takamaru Sasaki | Omitsu's father |
Daisuke Katô | Toji Gion |
Haruo Tanaka | Kumagoro the horse thief |
Kichijirô Ueda | Priest Ogon |
Kokuten Kôdô | Old Priest Nikkan |
Ikio Sawamura | Innkeeper |
Nakajirô Tomita | |
Sônosuke Sawamura | |
Minosuke Yamada | |
Sôji Kiyokawa | |
Masako Sakurai | |
Yutaka Oka |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Kazuo Takimura | Producer |