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Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)

Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki

Action | Adventure | Biography

Most recently watched by sleestakk

Overview

Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.

Length 93 minutes

Actors

Toshirō Mifune | Rentarô Mikuni | Mariko Okada | Kuroemon Onoe | Kaoru Yachigusa | Mitsuko Mito | Eiko Miyoshi | Akihiko Hirata | Kusuo Abe | Eitarô Ozawa | Seijirô Onda | Fumindo Matsuo | Masanobu Ôkubo | Takuzô Kumagai | Akira Sera | Yasuhisa Tsutsumi | Yutaka Sada | Shigeo Katô | Jun'ichirô Mukai | Kiyoshi Kamoda | Michio Sakurai | Gorô Sakurai | Masao Masuda | Sôjin Kamiyama | Kanta Kisaragi | Yoshio Kosugi | Jitsuko Yoshimura

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

I was a little surprised that this was shot in 1:33/1 but was quickly impressed with the amazing depth of field that Inagaki packed into the frame. It more than made up for the lack of widescreen.

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