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
Kentarô 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