26 Aug 1950
Rashomon
Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi. With all the familiar characters making appearances: Otsu (Musashi's great love), Akemi, Matahachi (his former fellow soldier), old lady Osugi (still doggedly trying to defeat Musashi), and even the return of Priest Takuan (the man responsible for his journey towards enlightenment). But most of all, the boastful, long-haired and long-sworded Sasaki Kojiro.
Top Billed Cast
萬屋錦之介 Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
高倉健 Sasaki Kojiro
入江若葉 Otsu
木村功 Hon'iden Matahachi
浪花千栄子 Osugi
金子吉延 Misawa Iori
Michiyo Kogure Oko
丘さとみ Akemi
阿部九洲男 Fuchikawa Goroku
河原崎長一郎 Kichijiro Hayashi
千田是也 Hon'ami Koetsu
中村是好 Zushi Nojisuke
日高澄子 Court Lady
Shinnosuke Ogata Kawajo no Kumagoro
田村高廣 Yagyu Tajima
中村錦司 Hojo
里見浩太朗 Hosokawa Tadatoshi
内田朝雄 Iwama Kakubee
有川正治 Okatani Goroji
Masuo Kamiki Tailor
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