Miyamoto Musashi
1961In 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.
Acted in
Kinnosuke Nakamura
as Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)
Akiko Kazami
as Ogin
Wakaba Irie
as Otsu
Isao Kimura
as Hon'iden Matahachi
Chieko Naniwa
as Osugi
Kusuo Abe
as Fuchikawa Goroku
Rentaro Mikuni
as Muneaki Takuan
Tokubei Hanazawa
as Tanzaemon Aoki
Bandō Mitsugorō VIII
as Terumasa Ikeda
Michiyo Kogure
as Oko
Satomi Oka
as Akemi
Kunio Kaga
as Tsuji Kaze Ten Ma
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
Harue Akagi
as Kisuke's wife
Shojiro Ogasawara
as Shichiho temple monk
Shirō Osaki
as Hon'iden's relative
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
as Village man
Koji Arima
as Village man
Noboru Umezawa
as Village man
Hanzô Kataoka
as Village man
Mitsuo Asano
as Yamabushi
Shinichi Hamada
as Villager
Kensaku Haruji
as Villager
Hiroshi Hatano
Mitsukazu Kawamura
as Border Inspector
Takeshi Kurobe
as A ghost
Hachirô Minamoto
as Villager
Ryuichi Nagashima
Kinji Nakamura
as Villager
Katsuyoshi Noma
Tsuyako Okajima
Akira Shioji
as A Ghost
Kin'ya Suzuki
as Border Inspector
Kinjirô Tooyama
Yujiro Omi
Kazuko Ōura
as Villager
Yukio Miyagi
as A Ghost
Katsuya Ishimaru
