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Miyamoto Musashi (1961) [N/A]

Release Date:
May 27, 1961

Original Title:
宮本武蔵

Alternate Titles:
La Légende de Musashi Miyamoto
Miyamoto Musashi 1: Zen and Sword
Zen and Sword

Genres:
Action | Drama | History

Production Companies:
Toei Company

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 110

Overview from TheMovieDB

In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly auspicious. He sides with the Toyotomi at Sekigahara, and as a result finds himself on the losing side of the historic battle. He and his friend Matahachi manage to escape the slaughter although the latter is wounded in his leg. They stumble across the young Akemi who makes her living with her mother Oko by robbing corpses of their armor and anything else they can sell. Oko takes it into her head to seduce Matahachi, which she does first by skillfully sucking the gangrene from his blood, and then just by sucking.

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Production

Art Direction:
Takatoshi Suzuki

Costume Design:
Gô Mikami

Director:
Tomu Uchida

Director of Photography:
Makoto Tsuboi

Editor:
Shintarō Miyamoto

Executive Producer:
Hiroshi Ookawa

Gaffer:
Hiroshi Watada

Hairstylist:
Ayako Sakurai

Makeup Artist:
Masanobu Hayashi

Novel:
Eiji Yoshikawa

Original Music Composer:
Akira Ifukube

Production Design:
Kimiharu Tsujino
Takaya Ogawa

Production Manager:
Ryôsaku Nemoto

Set Decoration:
Toshio Miyagawa

Set Designer:
Mineo Kamiwa

Sound:
Hiroo Nozu

Writer:
Naoyuki Suzuki
Masashige Narusawa

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