Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro (1965)

7.3/10 120 min Action Drama History

Overview

The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi. With all the familiar characters making appearances: Otsu (Musashi's great love), Akemi, Matahachi (his former fellow soldier), old lady Osugi (still doggedly trying to defeat Musashi), and even the return of Priest Takuan (the man responsible for his journey towards enlightenment). But most of all, the boastful, long-haired and long-sworded Sasaki Kojiro.

Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo

Ken Takakura

Sasaki Kojiro

Wakaba Irie

Otsu

Isao Kimura

Hon'iden Matahachi

Chieko Naniwa

Osugi

Yoshinobu Kaneko

Misawa Iori

Michiyo Kogure

Oko

Satomi Oka

Akemi

Kusuo Abe

Fuchikawa Goroku

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Kichijiro Hayashi

Koreya Senda

Hon'ami Koetsu

Zeko Nakamura

Zushi Nojisuke

Sumiko Hidaka

Court Lady

Takahiro Tamura

Yagyu Tajima

Kinji Nakamura

Hojo

Kōtarō Satomi

Hosokawa Tadatoshi

Asao Uchida

Iwama Kakubee

Masaharu Arikawa

Okatani Goroji

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