Drama Action
In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then beginning his long period of wandering & training, with the goal always in mind of his duel with Kojiro. Part II builds toward that great duel on Ganryu Island, with considerable focus on Musashi's planning & forethought as to how to gain an advantage.
Directed by
Tai Katō
Written by
Yoshitarō Nomura
Keiko Matsuzaka
Otsu
Chishū Ryū
Takuan
Mitsuko Baisho
Akemi
Hideki Takahashi
Musashi Miyamoto
Jirō Tamiya
Kojiro Sasaki
Frankie Sakai
Honiden Matahachi
Yōichi Numata
Ichirō Arishima
Kobayashi Tarozaemon
Yoshi Katō
Sado Nagaoka
Takeshi Katō
Iwama Kakubei
Akira Shioji
Togiya Kosuke
Masakane Yonekura
Narrator (voice)
Makoto Satō
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Mibu Genzaemon
Takanobu Hozumi
Gion Toji
Toshie Kimura
Oko
Rokkō Toura
Shishido Baiken
Ushio Akashi
Tomiko Ishii
Masahiko Tanimura
Sasuke
Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Seijuro Yoshioka
Ryōko Mizuki
Shosei Muto
Akiko Nishina
Omitsu
Keijirō Morozumi
Yoshino Tani
Nobuo Takagi
Sōnosuke Oda
Taku Kido
Junko Toda
Osugi
Akitake Kōno
Kimura Sukekuro
Seiji Endō
Fuyukichi Maki
Hitoshi Ōmae
Masahiro Yoshihara
Jun Kashima
Ryûsuke Kita
Takuya Shiba
Yoshizô Takahata
Shuichi Oki
Rintarô Kaga
Kenji Sonoda
Terumitsu Kawashima
Tadayuki Okamoto
Hisakage Maehara
Masaki Tatsuya
Kenji Kimura
Yoshiro Taki
Kanjiro Osugi
Koji Nakata
Takigawa Goro
Hara Yasuji
Kentarō Imai
Ofuna Taro
Yusuke Minamoto
Junji Tsubaki
Akashi Goro
Yôji Doki
Tamura Masakatsu
Keiji Tsuchida
Kazuhiro Takasugi
Nao Matsubara
Toshio Ohkubo
Kazuko Motohashi
Kiyo Murakami
Kenkichi Hamahata
Hosokawa Tadatoshi

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