DVD
Samurai II : duel at Ichijoji Temple = Zoku Miyamoto Musashi : Ichijōji no kettō
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Full screen version.
Languages
Japanese dialogue, with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Toshirō Mifune, Koji Tsurata, Mariko Okada, Kaoru Yachigusa, Michiyo Kogure, Mitsuko Mito, Akihiko Hirata, Daisuke Katō.
Publication Information
Chatsworth, CA : Criterion Collection, [1998], c1955.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Musashi is a samurai swordsman who is honing his skills during a succession of duels. When he defeats a succession of students, he becomes marked for death and is attacked in a series of cowardly ambushes. Romantic threads are further complicated when two women meet and discover their rivalry. Musashi earns himself an archenemy who vows to defeat Musashi to make his name the finest in all of Japan.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1955.
Based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa.
Special features: original theatrical trailer.