Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Toshirō MifuneMusashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo

Koji TsurutaKojiro Sasaki

Kaoru YachigusaOtsu

Mariko OkadaAkemi

Michiyo KogureLady Yoshino

Akihiko HirataSeijuro Yoshioka

Mitsuko MitoOko

Kurôemon Onoe

Kurôemon OnoeTakuan

Sachio SakaiMatahachi Honiden

Yū FujikiDenshichiro Yoshioka

Machiko KitagawaKogure

Eiko MiyoshiOsugi