Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

Plot Summary

After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers.

Top Cast

Toshirō Mifune Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo

Koji Tsuruta Kojiro Sasaki

Kaoru Yachigusa Otsu

Mariko Okada Akemi

Michiyo Kogure Lady Yoshino