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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956, Jan 03
1h 45m
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Takezo agrees to fight Kojiro in a year's time but rejects Shogun's patronage, choosing instead to live on the edge of a village, raising vegetables. He's followed there by Otsu and later by Akemi, both in love with him. The year ends as Takezo assists the villagers against a band of brigands. He seeks Otsu's forgiveness and accepts her love, then sets off across the water to Ganryu Island for his final contest.
Directed by
Hiroshi Inagaki
Written by
Hiroshi Inagaki, Tokuhei Wakao
Eijirō Tōno
Baiken Shishido (uncredited)
Minoru Chiaki
Sasuke the boatman
Kichijirō Ueda
Priest Ogon
Toshirō Mifune
Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
Takashi Shimura
Court official
Noriko Honma
(uncredited)
Kaoru Yachigusa
Otsu
Mariko Okada
Akemi
Sōji Kiyokawa
(uncredited)
Haruo Tanaka
Kumagoro the horse thief
Akihiko Hirata
Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
Sachio Sakai
Matahachi Honiden (uncredited)
Michiyo Kogure
Yoshino (uncredited)
Koji Tsuruta
Kojiro Sasaki
Mitsuko Mito
Oko (uncredited)
Michiko Saga
Omitsu
Sonosuke Sawamura
(uncredited)
Katsumi Tezuka
(uncredited)
Daisuke Katō
Toji Gion
Ikio Sawamura
Innkeeper (uncredited)
Haruo Nakajima
(uncredited)
Takamaru Sasaki
Omitsu's father
Ren Yamamoto
(uncredited)
Shōichi Hirose
(uncredited)
Minosuke Yamada
(uncredited)
Nakajirō Tomita
(uncredited)
Kokuten Kōdō
Old Priest Nikkan (uncredited)
Kumeko Otowa
(uncredited)
Yaeko Izumo
(uncredited)
Fuminori Ōhashi
(uncredited)
Hideo Shibuya
(uncredited)
Keiichirō Katsumoto
(uncredited)
Senkichi Ōmura
(uncredited)
Kurôemon Onoe
Takuan
Masako Sakurai
(uncredited)
Yutaka Oka
(uncredited)
Tominosuke Hayama
(uncredited)
Tateo Kawasaki
(uncredited)
Fumindo Matsuo
(uncredited)
Haruko Toyama
(uncredited)
Shirō Tsuchiya
(uncredited)
Masao Masuda
(uncredited)
Yu Agetsu
(uncredited)
Kenjin Iida
Jotaro (uncredited)
Etsuo Saijo
(uncredited)
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