Synopsis
Hiroshi Inagaki’s acclaimed “Samurai Trilogy” is based on the novel that 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 (whose first part won an Academy Award) follows Musashi’s odyssey from unruly youth to enlightened warrior. In the third installment, Duel at Ganryu Island, Musashi reunites tragically with the women who love him, and battles for samurai supremacy in a climactic confrontation with his lifelong nemesis.
Cast
| Musashi Miyamoto | Toshiro Mifune |
| Kojiro Sasaki | Koji Tsuruta |
| Otsu | Kaoru Yachigusa |
| Akemi | Mariko Okada |
| Omitsu | Michiko Saga |
| Court Official | Takashi Shimura |
Credits
| Director | Hiroshi Inagaki |
| Producer | Kazuo Takimura |
| Screenplay | Tokuhei Wakao and Hiroshi Inagaki |
| Cinematography | Kazuo Yamada |
| Music | Ikuma Dan |
| Sound | Masanobu Miyazaki |
Disc Features
- Original theatrical trailer
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Samurai III
by Jul 21, 1998Samurai III, Duel at Ganryu Island, is the last and best part of Hiroshi Inagaki’s Trilogy. In contrast to the earlier, more action-oriented Samurai I and II, this final section shows its hero Musashi (Toshiro Mifune) struggling with...
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