(1955) Samurai II: Duel At Ichijoji Temple
(In Japanese with English subtitles)
ADVENTURE/ PERIOD PIECE/ ACTION
The second of three films starring veteran actor Toshiro Mifune as the legendary Miyamoto Musashi whose eventual collision with another top samurai Kojiro Sasaki (Koji Tsuruta) and good as him both consisting the same desires. Directed and co-written by Hiroshi Inagaki where in this one, Miyamoto demands a challenge to one of the samurai schools, which many of it's students become so offended, enough to sabotage this duel by taking him out. He also tries to make attempts at love for the young Otsu (Kaoru Yachigusa) but she in turn doesn't know how to respond, for it motivates him even more to become the best samurai.
The second of three films starring veteran actor Toshiro Mifune as the legendary Miyamoto Musashi whose eventual collision with another top samurai Kojiro Sasaki (Koji Tsuruta) and good as him both consisting the same desires. Directed and co-written by Hiroshi Inagaki where in this one, Miyamoto demands a challenge to one of the samurai schools, which many of it's students become so offended, enough to sabotage this duel by taking him out. He also tries to make attempts at love for the young Otsu (Kaoru Yachigusa) but she in turn doesn't know how to respond, for it motivates him even more to become the best samurai.