Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto Movie Review 1955

The first installment in the film version of Musashi Miyamoto's life, as he leaves his 17th century village as a warrior in a local civil war only to return beaten and disillusioned. Justly award-winning. In Japanese with English subtitles.

Distribution

Home Vision Cinema, c/o Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste. 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, URL: http://www.homevision.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 92 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

True Stories, Coming of Age

Screenplay

Hiroshi Inagaki, Tikuhei Wakao

Cast

Toshiro Mifune, Kaoru Yachigusa, Rentaro Mikuni, Eiko Miyoshi

Cinematography

Jun Yasumoto

Director

Hiroshi Inagaki

Music

Ikuma Dan

Producer

Toho Films

Awards

Oscars 1955: Foreign Film.