Samurai Trilogy
Hiroshi Inagaki's acclaimed Samurai Trilogy
is based on the novel and has been called Japan's Gone with the Wind. This sweeping saga of the legendary seventeenth-century
samurai Musashi Miyamoto (powerfully portrayed by Toshiro Mifune) plays out against the turmoil of a devastating civil war.
The Trilogy follows Mushashi's odyssey from unruly youth to enlightened warrior.
In the first part, Musashi Miyamoto, the
hero's dreams of military glory end in betrayal, defeat, and a fugitive lifestyle. But he is saved by a woman who loves him
and a cunning priest who guides him to the samurai path.
In the second and most violent installment,
Duel at Ichijoji Temple, Musashi beats a samurai armed with a chain-and-sickle and is later set upon by eighty samurai disciples--orchestrated
by the sinister Kojiro--while the two women who love him watch helplessly.
In the third installment, Duel at Ganryu
Island, Mushashi reunites tragically with the women who love him, and battles for samurai supremacy in a climatic confrontation
with his lifelong nemesis.
-Japanese Audio
-English Subtitles
-Original Trailer
(322 Minutes)
