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1961

Miyamoto Musashi

Directed by Tomu Uchida

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.

Duration

1h 50m

Released

May 27, 1961

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Cast38

  • Kinnosuke Nakamura
  • Akiko Kazami
  • Wakaba Irie
  • Isao Kimura
  • Chieko Naniwa
  • Kusuo Abe
  • Rentaro Mikuni
  • Tokubei Hanazawa
  • Bandō Mitsugorō VIII

Part ofThe Miyamoto Musashi by Tomu Uchida Collection

Includes Miyamoto Musashi (1961), Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (1962), Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963), Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple (1964), Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro (1965), and Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death (1971).

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