Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto

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Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto ★★★½ 1955

The first installment in the film version of Musashi Miyamoto's life, as he leaves his 17th century village as a warrior in a local civil war only to return beaten and disillusioned. Justly awardwinning. In Japanese with English subtitles. 92m/C VHS, DVD . JP Toshiro Mifune, Kaoru Yachigusa, Rentaro Mikuni, Eiko Miyoshi; D: Hiroshi Inagaki; W: Hiroshi Inagaki, Tokuhei Wakao; C: Jun Yasumoto; M: Ikuma Dan. Oscars '55: Foreign Film.

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