31 Oct 2001
Millennium Mambo
Vicky recalls her romances with her exes Hao Hao and Jack in the neon-lit clubs of Taipei.
Miyamoto Musashi
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.
Top Billed Cast
高橋英樹 Musashi Miyamoto
田宮二郎 Kojiro Sasaki
倍賞美津子 Akemi
松坂慶子 Otsu
笠智衆 Takuan
細川俊之 Seijuro Yoshioka
佐藤允 任田順好 Osugi
木村俊恵 Oko
石山健二郎 Mibu Genzaemon
加藤嘉 Sado Nagaoka
加藤武 Iwama Kakubei
穂積隆信 Gion Toji
戸浦六宏 Shishido Baiken
谷村昌彦 Sasuke
汐路章 Togiya Kosuke
河野秋武 Kimura Sukekuro
米倉斉加年 Narrator (voice)
沼田曜一 遠藤征慈
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