
Overview
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.
Cast
Hideki Takahashi
Musashi Miyamoto
Jirō Tamiya
Kojiro Sasaki
Mitsuko Baisho
Akemi
Keiko Matsuzaka
Otsu
Chishū Ryū
Takuan
Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Seijuro Yoshioka
Junko Toda
Osugi
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Mibu Genzaemon
Yoshi Katō
Sado Nagaoka
Takeshi Katō
Iwama Kakubei
Takanobu Hozumi
Gion Toji
Rokkō Toura
Shishido Baiken
Masahiko Tanimura
Sasuke
Akira Shioji
Togiya Kosuke
Akitake Kōno
Kimura Sukekuro
Masakane Yonekura
Narrator (voice)
Kenkichi Hamahata
Hosokawa Tadatoshi
Akiko Nishina
Omitsu
Ichirō Arishima
Kobayashi Tarozaemon
Frankie Sakai
Honiden Matahachi
Curtain Call
Re-Births
Brother 2
Gunpowder
The God Who Wasn't There
Female Urologists 3
Android Re-Enactment
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
On the Bride’s Side
Johan Falk: The Outlaws
Area of Conflict
New Fist of the North Star: When a Man Carries Sorrow
Tomie: Rebirth
Tetro
Muxˣ
Teacher's Pet
Men
Avatar
Gridlock'd
The Song of Ceylon