Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro (1965)
Original title: 宮本武蔵 巌流島の決斗
Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro is a 1965 Japanese-language action movie directed by Tomu Uchida, with a running time of 2h. It stars Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ken Takakura and Wakaba Irie.
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.
Cast
- Kinnosuke Nakamura as Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo
- Ken Takakura as Sasaki Kojiro
- Wakaba Irie as Otsu
- Isao Kimura as Hon'iden Matahachi
- Chieko Naniwa as Osugi
- Yoshinobu Kaneko as Misawa Iori
- Michiyo Kogure as Oko
- Satomi Oka as Akemi
- Kusuo Abe as Fuchikawa Goroku
- Chōichirō Kawarasaki as Kichijiro Hayashi
- Koreya Senda as Hon'ami Koetsu
- Zeko Nakamura as Zushi Nojisuke