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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
Most recently watched by sleestakk, sensoria
Overview
A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He’s sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan’s most powerful clan leader. He’s also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Takezo agrees to fight Kojiro in a year’s time but rejects Shogun’s patronage, choosing instead to live on the edge of a village, raising vegetables. He’s followed there by Otsu and later by Akemi, both in love with him. The year ends as Takezo assists the villagers against a band of brigands. He seeks Otsu’s forgiveness and accepts her love, then sets off across the water to Ganryu Island for his final contest.
Length 105 minutes
Actors
Toshirō Mifune | Koji Tsuruta | Kaoru Yachigusa | Mariko Okada | Kuroemon Onoe | Michiko Saga | Takashi Shimura | Minoru Chiaki | Takamaru Sasaki | Haruo Tanaka | Kichijirô Ueda | Ikio Sawamura | Nakajirô Tomita | Sonosuke Sawamura | Michiyo Kogure | Akihiko Hirata | Minosuke Yamada | Sôji Kiyokawa | Masako Sakurai | Yutaka Oka | Tominosuke Hayama | Kumeko Otowa | Yaeko Izumo | Noriko Honma | Tateo Kawasaki | Fumindo Matsuo | Ren Yamamoto | Fuminori Ôhashi | Haruko Toyama | Hideo Shibuya | Katsumi Tezuka | Keiichirô Katsumoto | Shirô Tsuchiya | Masao Masuda | Yu Agetsu | Senkichi Ômura | Shôichi Hirose | Kenjin Iida | Mitsuko Mito | Sachio Sakai | Eijirô Tôno | Kokuten Kôdô | Haruo Nakajima | Etsuo Saijo