The Two Musashis

The Two Musashis — Plot

Toru Emori leads the cast as Hirate Musashi while a Hiroshi Fujioka competes with him as Okamoto Musashi. They must not only contend with the Yoshioka and Yagyu fencing schools, but have to take on Chiyonosuke Azuma as Sasaki Kojiro, and deal with the women who pursue them for love. Unlike the Yoshikawa Eiji novel which is not historically accurate, this film offers a new view of Japan’s greatest hero! The film is based on the novel by Kosuke Gomi!

• Release date
• May 29, 1981
• Runtime
• 91 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Sahei Niizu

The Two Musashis — Cast

Tohru Emori Hirate Musashi Hiroshi Fujioka Okamoto Musashi Chiyonosuke Azuma Sasaki Kojiro Takeshi Ōbayashi Seijuro Yoshioka Yoko Akino Shigeru Kōyama Haruko Tōgō Gen Kimura