Samurai II - Miyamoto Musashi (1955)

xich_lo_vn · Aug 11, 2012

Samurai II - Miyamoto Musashi (1955)
AKA : Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijôji no kettô | Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple | Musashi Miyamoto Sequel: Duel at Ichijoji Temple | Samurai (Part II) | Samurai 2 | Duel à Ichijôji
Year : 1955
Country : Japan
Language : Japanese
Film Genre : Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | History

Director/co-writer: Hiroshi Inagaki
Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada and Koji Tsuruta
Plot: Based on Hideji Hojo’s play and Eiji Yoshikawa’s novel, it dutifully picks up from where the story ended in the previous film, with the opening titles placed overtop the journey of samurai-in-training Musashi Miyamoto (once more played by Toshiro Mifune), formerly the brash, defeated soldier Takezo. He is confronted by Baiken (Eijiro Tono), a formidable warrior armed with a chain and sickle. After defeating this adversary, Musashi makes his way to the Yoshioka School to challenge its master, Seijuro (Akihiko Hirata), only to be beset by ambushes and delays. A cunning, mysterious figure named Kojiro Sasaki (Koji Tsuruta) watches him from afar and plans to confront him. Meanwhile, Otsu (Kaoru Yachigusa), who in "Samurai I" was betrothed to Musashi’s comrade Matahachi only to fall in love with Musashi himself, continues to wait for her beloved.
While "Samurai I" followed Takezo’s transformation from feral man on the run into the more disciplined and enlightened Musashi, "Samurai II" focuses on his struggle to understand the true nature of being a samurai. Though Mifune is noticeably more subdued here than in the previous film, his character is still very much aware of the progress he needs to make before becoming a fully-fledged samurai. Thus, the film is very much about one man’s personal growth as he draws ever closer towards the legendary reputation that he is associated with today.

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