Plot
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers. While Otsu waits, Akemi also seeks him, expressing her desires directly. Meanwhile, Takezo is observed by Sasaki Kojiro, a brilliant young fighter, confident he can dethrone Takezo. After leaving Kyoto in triumph, Takezo declares his love for Otsu, but in a way that dishonors her and shames him. Once again, he leaves alone.
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Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
Koji Tsuruta
Kojiro Sasaki
Kaoru Yachigusa
Otsu
Mariko Okada
Akemi
Michiyo Kogure
Lady Yoshino
Akihiko Hirata
Seijuro Yoshioka
Mitsuko Mito
Oko
Kurôemon Onoe
Takuan
Sachio Sakai
Matahachi Honiden
Yū Fujiki
Denshichiro Yoshioka
Machiko Kitagawa
Kogure
Eiko Miyoshi
Osugi
Eijirō Tōno
Baiken Shishido
Kenjin Iida
Jotaro
Ko Mihashi
Honami Koetsu
Yoshibumi Tajima
Yoshioka samurai
Keiko Kondo
(uncredited)
Hisako Takihana
(uncredited)
Ren Yamamoto
(uncredited)
Ryū Kuze
(uncredited)
Torahiko Hamada
(uncredited)
Yoshio Inaba
(uncredited)
Fumindo Matsuo
(uncredited)
Minoru Itō
(uncredited)
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
(uncredited)
Ren Imaizumi
(uncredited)
Rinsaku Ogata
(uncredited)
Kenzō Tabu
(uncredited)
Kokuten Kōdō
Old Priest Nikkan (uncredited)
Daisuke Katō
Toji Gion
