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Plot

Musashi Miyamoto was the first entry in Japanese filmmaker Hiroshi Ingaki's Samurai trilogy. Toshiro Mifune is Takezo, a good-for-nothing from the farming village of Miyamoto, who dreams of becoming a samurai in 17th century Japan. Over the course of the first part, Takezo evolves from being a man filled with rage and violence who is looked upon by others as a wild animal to being Musashi Miyamoto, a man yearning for a deeper understanding of himself and what it takes to be a true warrior. When first released in the US, Samurai 1 was "clarified" by the narration of William Holden, an actor with a long-standing fascination and affection for all things Japanese. Based on a mammoth novel by Eiji Yoshikawa, Musashi Miyamoto was followed by Duel at Ichijoji Temple and Duel at Ganyru Island . All three films were eventually combined into an epic single entity, Samurai Trilogy.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Action,Drama,Epic and Historical
Run Time:
92min.
DVD Release Date:
07/28/1998
Distributor(s):
Toho International
Director(s):
Hiroshi Inagaki
Starring:
Toshiro Mifune , Koji Tsuruta , Akihiko Hirata , Rentaro Mikuni , Daisuke Kato
Themes:
Obsessive Quests,Rise To Power,Lone Wolves,Heroic Mission,Journey of Self-Discovery
Tone:
Atmospheric,Lyrical,Rousing,Sweeping,Tense
Keywords:
bad-guy,bad-guy-turns-good,battle [war],courage,disillusionment,good-guy,homecoming,poverty,revenge,samurai,swordmaster,temptation,traveling,war,warrior
Language:
Japanese