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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

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1955•1h 43m•7.2/10
DramaActionAdventure

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7.2/10(135)

After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers.

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TOHO

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo

Koji Tsuruta

Koji Tsuruta

Kojiro Sasaki

Kaoru Yachigusa

Kaoru Yachigusa

Otsu

Mariko Okada

Mariko Okada

Akemi

Michiyo Kogure

Michiyo Kogure

Lady Yoshino

Akihiko Hirata

Akihiko Hirata

Seijuro Yoshioka

Mitsuko Mito

Mitsuko Mito

Oko

Kurôemon Onoe

Takuan

Sachio Sakai

Sachio Sakai

Matahachi Honiden

Yū Fujiki

Yū Fujiki

Denshichiro Yoshioka

Machiko Kitagawa

Machiko Kitagawa

Kogure

Eiko Miyoshi

Eiko Miyoshi

Osugi

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Baiken Shishido

Kenjin Iida

Jotaro

Kō Mihashi

Honami Koetsu

Yoshibumi Tajima

Yoshibumi Tajima

Yoshioka samurai

Keiko Kondo

(uncredited)

Hisako Takihana

Hisako Takihana

(uncredited)

Ren Yamamoto

Ren Yamamoto

(uncredited)

Ryū Kuze

(uncredited)

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