Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963)
Original title: 宮本武蔵 二刀流開眼
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of Two Sword Style is a 1963 Japanese-language action movie directed by Tomu Uchida, with a running time of 1h 43m. It stars Kinnosuke Nakamura, Wakaba Irie and Isao Kimura.
In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle, where Miyamoto continues on a mission of learning; with the introduction of his arch-rival Sasaki Kojiro; and lastly the large cast of characters rendezvouses for a fateful finale.
Cast
- Kinnosuke Nakamura as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
- Wakaba Irie as Otsu
- Isao Kimura as Hon'iden Matahachi
- Chieko Naniwa as Osugi
- Mitsuru Takeuchi as Jotaro
- Kusuo Abe as Uncle
- Michiyo Kogure as Oko
- Satomi Oka as Akemi
- Shinjirō Ehara as Yoshioka Seijuro
- Mikijiro Hira as Yoshioka Denshichiro
- Chōichirō Kawarasaki as Hayashi Kichijiro
- Hiroshi Minami as Toji - Gion Fujitsugu