128 minutes
1/1/1964
In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments. As his great love Otsu has succumbed to madness. Musashi then sets off to beat the functionaries of a treacherous clan in an arranged duel. 73 against one. Boastful Kojiro watches, secure in the knowledge that only he is a worthy opponent.
Kinnosuke Nakamura
as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
Wakaba Irie
as Otsu
Isao Kimura
as Hon'iden Matahachi
Chieko Naniwa
as Osugi
Mitsuru Takeuchi
as Jotaro
Satomi Oka
as Akemi
Shinjirō Ehara
as Seijuro Yoshioka
Mikijiro Hira
as Yoshioka Denshichiro
Ken Takakura
as Sasaki Kojiro
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
as Kichijiro Hayashi
Kei Tani
as Akakabe Yasoba
Kusuo Abe
as Fuchikawa Goroku
Chieko Higashiyama
as Strange Beauty
Eijirō Tōno
as Haiya
Masao Oda
as Kichin Innkeeper
Kei Satō
as Otaguro
Masaharu Arikawa
Hiroshi Arima
Daisuke Awaji
Tokumaro Dan
Isamu Dobashi
Kenji Egi
Hideo Fujimoto
Yoshiko Fujishiro
Mitsuru Hagiwara
Tokue Hanazawa
Hiroshi Hatano
Shōtarō Hayashi
Yūji Ichikawa
Kaneko Iwasaki
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Minken Karasawa
Hanzō Kataoka
Reiko Kaze
Shūjirō Kijima
Yachiyo Kirishima
Yoshio Kirishima
Kazutarō Kuni
Kenji Kusumoto
Toshio Matsuda
Tsukie Matsuura
Hachirō Minamoto
Hiroshi Mizuno
Seiji Mōri
Kinji Nakamura
Tokinosuke Nakamura
Keiko Ono
Yoshiki Oyamada
Kōji Sekiyama
Koreya Senda
as Koetsu
Hideo Shimada
Keiichiro Shimada
Kin'ya Suzuki
Shin Tokudaiji
Hiroshi Tonegawa
Isao Yamagata
Kyōko Yasaka
Yasushi Ôki
Yôichi Ôyama
Michiyo Kogure
Rentaro Mikuni
as Takuan