The Two Musashis

Drama · 1981

Toru Emori leads the cast as Hirate Musashi while a Hiroshi Fujioka competes with him as Okamoto Musashi. They must not only contend with the Yoshioka and Yagyu fencing schools, but have to take on Chiyonosuke Azuma as Sasaki Kojiro, and deal with the women who pursue them for love. Unlike the Yoshikawa Eiji novel which is not historically accurate, this film offers a new view of Japan’s greatest hero! The film is based on the novel by Kosuke Gomi!

Starring

Akira Kitazaki, Tohru Emori, Shūkei Nagasaka, Hiroshi Fujioka, Kôsuke Gomi, Chiyonosuke Azuma, Abe Seika, Sahei Niizu, Takeshi Ôbayashi

Director

Sahei Niizu