Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
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Directed by | Hiroshi Inagaki |
Produced by | Kazuo Takimura |
Written by |
Hideji Hojo (play) Hiroshi Inagaki Tokuhei Wakao Eiji Yoshikawa (novel) |
Starring |
Toshiro Mifune Koji Tsuruta |
Music by | Ikuma Dan |
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Distributed by | Toho Studios |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Samurai III: Duel At Ganryu Island (宮本武蔵完結編 決闘巌流島 Miyamoto Musashi kanketsuhen: kettō Ganryūjima) is a 1956 color Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki starring Toshirō Mifune. It is the third film of the Samurai Trilogy. The film is adapted from Eiji Yoshikawa's novel Musashi. The novel is loosely based on the life of the famous Japanese swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi.
The preceding two parts of the trilogy are Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto and Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple.
Plot
Takezo (Musashi) abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Takezo agrees to fight Kojiro in a year's time but rejects Shogun's patronage, choosing instead to live on the edge of a village, raising vegetables. He's followed there by Otsu and later by Akemi, both in love with him. The year ends as Takezo assists the villagers against a band of brigands. He seeks Otsu's forgiveness and accepts her love, then sets off across the water to Ganryu Island for his final contest.
Cast
- Toshirō Mifune as Miyamoto Musashi
- Kōji Tsuruta as Sasaki Kojirō
- Kaoru Yachigusa as Otsu
- Michiko Saga as Omitsu
- Mariko Okada as Akemi
- Takashi Shimura as Sado Nagaoka the court official
- Minoru Chiaki as Sasuke the boatman
- Takamaru Sasaki as Omitsu's Father
- Daisuke Kato as Toji Gion
- Haruo Tanaka as Kumagoro the horse thief
- Kichijiro Ueda as Priest Ogon
- Kokuten Kodo as Old Priest Nikkan
- Ikio Sawamura as Innkeeper
References
- ↑ (Japanese) http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1956/cf000070.htm accessed 2 June 2009
External links
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island at the Internet Movie Database
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island at AllMovie
- Criterion Collection essay by Bruce Eder
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