
148 minutes
7/13/1973
In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then beginning his long period of wandering & training, with the goal always in mind of his duel with Kojiro. Part II builds toward that great duel on Ganryu Island, with considerable focus on Musashi's planning & forethought as to how to gain an advantage.

Hideki Takahashi
as Musashi Miyamoto

Jirō Tamiya
as Kojiro Sasaki

Mitsuko Baisho
as Akemi

Keiko Matsuzaka
as Otsu

Chishū Ryū
as Takuan

Toshiyuki Hosokawa
as Seijuro Yoshioka

Makoto Satō
Junko Toda
as Osugi

Toshie Kimura
as Oko

Kenjirō Ishiyama
as Mibu Genzaemon

Yoshi Katō
as Sado Nagaoka

Takeshi Katō
as Iwama Kakubei

Takanobu Hozumi
as Gion Toji

Rokkō Toura
as Shishido Baiken

Masahiko Tanimura
as Sasuke

Akira Shioji
as Togiya Kosuke
Akitake Kōno
as Kimura Sukekuro

Masakane Yonekura
as Narrator (voice)

Yōichi Numata
Seiji Endō
Fuyukichi Maki

Ushio Akashi

Shosei Muto
Hitoshi Ōmae

Tomiko Ishii
Masahiro Yoshihara
Jun Kashima
Ryûsuke Kita

Sōnosuke Oda
Takuya Shiba
Yoshizô Takahata

Taku Kido
Shuichi Oki
Rintarô Kaga
Kenji Sonoda
Terumitsu Kawashima
Tadayuki Okamoto
Hisakage Maehara
Masaki Tatsuya
Kenji Kimura
Yoshiro Taki
Kanjiro Osugi
Koji Nakata
Takigawa Goro
Hara Yasuji
Kentarō Imai
Ofuna Taro
Yusuke Minamoto
Junji Tsubaki
Akashi Goro
Yôji Doki

Nobuo Takagi
Tamura Masakatsu
Keiji Tsuchida
Kazuhiro Takasugi
Nao Matsubara
Toshio Ohkubo
Kazuko Motohashi

Yoshino Tani

Ryōko Mizuki
Kiyo Murakami
Kenkichi Hamahata
as Hosokawa Tadatoshi

Akiko Nishina
as Omitsu

Ichirō Arishima
as Kobayashi Tarozaemon

Frankie Sakai
as Honiden Matahachi

Keijirō Morozumi