06 Sep 2003
Zatoichi
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
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.
Top Billed Cast
萬屋錦之介 Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
入江若葉 Otsu
木村功 Hon'iden Matahachi
浪花千栄子 Osugi
Mitsuru Takeuchi Jotaro
丘さとみ Akemi
江原真二郎 Seijuro Yoshioka
平幹二朗 Yoshioka Denshichiro
高倉健 Sasaki Kojiro
河原崎長一郎 Kichijiro Hayashi
谷啓 Akakabe Yasoba
阿部九洲男 Fuchikawa Goroku
東山千栄子 Strange Beauty
東野英治郎 Haiya
織田政雄 Kichin Innkeeper
佐藤慶 Otaguro
有川正治 Hiroshi Arima 
阿波地大輔 團徳麿
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