Miyamoto Musashi (1944)

Miyamoto Musashi

1944

Drama History

Synopsis

The first of five Musashi series, Shinobu and her brother Genichiro plead with the famous swordsman Musashi Miyamoto to teach them swordsmanship to avenge their father's death. The killers of their father see the sister and brother practicing with Miyamoto, and so enlist the help of another powerful swordsman, Kojiro Sasaki, which gives Sasaki an excuse to battle Miyamoto.

Credits

Director

Kenji Mizoguchi

Cast

Chōjūrō Kawarasaki as Musashi Miyamoto

Kan'emon Nakamura as Kojiro Sasaki

Kigoro Ikushima as Genichiro Nonomiya

Kinuyo Tanaka as Shinobu Nonomiya

Crew

Shigeto Miki (Director of Photography)

Kan Kikuchi (Writer)

Matsutarō Kawaguchi (Writer)