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!
Genre: Drama
Stars: Tohru Emori, Hiroshi Fujioka, Chiyonosuke Azuma, Takeshi Ōbayashi, Yoko Akino, Shigeru Kōyama
Crew: Sahei Niizu (Director), Kôsuke Gomi (Novel), Nobuyuki Sakuraba (Music), Shūkei Nagasaka (Screenplay), Abe Seika (Assistant Director), Akira Kitazaki (Cinematography)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Fuji Television Network
Runtime: 91 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: May 29, 1981
IMDb: 10
Keywords:samurai