21 Dec 2000
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Nakazo is forced by his foster mother, Shun, to practice dance intensively. He is bullied in the Kabuki world, and worries about his future as an actor.
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In the 16th Year of Keityo (1611), the lord of Ogura Castle in Kyushu admitted Sasaki Kojiro's because of his great sword techniques. However, a group within the feudal clan which supported to use guns considered Kojiro an obstacle in their goals and has the well-known ronin, Miyamoto Musashi, fight him. Now because of political gain and greed, two honorable men are to fight to the death on Ganryu Island.
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渡辺謙 Kojirō
滝田栄 Musashi
名取裕子 Suzuka
夏八木勲 Hosokawa Tadaoki
榎木孝明 Hosokawa Tadatoshi
松村達雄 Miyamoto Muninosuke
大滝秀治 Matsui Yasuyuki
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