Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple (1964)
Overview
In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments. As his great love Otsu has succumbed to madness. Musashi then sets off to beat the functionaries of a treacherous clan in an arranged duel. 73 against one. Boastful Kojiro watches, secure in the knowledge that only he is a worthy opponent.
Cast
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
Wakaba Irie
Otsu
Isao Kimura
Hon'iden Matahachi
Chieko Naniwa
Osugi
Satomi Oka
Akemi
Shinjirō Ehara
Seijuro Yoshioka
Mikijiro Hira
Yoshioka Denshichiro
Ken Takakura
Sasaki Kojiro
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Kichijiro Hayashi
Kei Tani
Akakabe Yasoba
Kusuo Abe
Fuchikawa Goroku
Chieko Higashiyama
Strange Beauty
Eijirō Tōno
Haiya
Masao Oda
Kichin Innkeeper
Kei Satō
Otaguro
Masaharu Arikawa
Daisuke Awaji
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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
13 Assassins
Samurai Marathon
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
Bushido
Samurai Assassin
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
The Tale of Zatoichi
Killing
Tenchu!
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
The Sword of Doom
Chûshingura
Inu-Oh
When the Last Sword Is Drawn