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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
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November 1967 (USA)
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A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun...
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Japan
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Samurai
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Part Of Trilogy
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Unrequited Love
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A great finale to a mythic trilogy
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Directed by | |||
| Hiroshi Inagaki | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Hideji Hôjô | play | |
| Hiroshi Inagaki | ||
| Tokuhei Wakao | ||
| Eiji Yoshikawa | novel | |
Produced by | |||
| Kazuo Takimura | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Ikuma Dan | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Kazuo Yamada | |||
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| Kôichi Iwashita | (as Hirokazu Iwashita) | ||
Production Design by | |||
| Kisaku Ito | |||
Production Management | |||
| Hideyuki Suga | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Jun Fukuda | .... | chief assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Hiroshi Ueda | .... | assistant art director | |
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| Masanobu Miyazaki | .... | sound | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Tsuruzo Nishikawa | .... | lighting technician | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Alive (1993) (France) (theatrical)
- Criterion Collection, The (2004) (2012) (USA) (DVD)
- Embassy Home Entertainment (video)
- Janus Films
- Toho Company (1967) (USA) (subtitled)
- Toho Company (English subtitled)
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Also Known As:
"Miyamoto Musashi kanketsuhen: kettô Ganryûjima" - Japan (original title)
"Bushido" - USA
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"Bushido" - USA
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105 min | Spain:115 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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Continuity: When Okaya is fighting Sasaki, the position of his spear when he removes the covering changes between the close and the long shots.See more »
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It has been more than a decade since I first and last saw this movie, and it still haunts me. This whole trilogy of films, about two rival samurai in medieval Japan, is mythic. It even inspired me to write a poem-- which I will spare you. It is not just a male flick, either. The sub-plot about Otsu is very romantic, though in a non-feminist, self-sacrificial way. On the other hand, she is the only character who gets what she wants. She just has to wait through three movies to have it. Throughout the trilogy, Mifune plays the famous samurai Musashi Miyamoto who develops from an outlaw wild-man in the first movie to a mystic philosopher in this one. While his rival, Kojiro, possesses consummate skill, Musashi achieves, in this film, a graceful detachment which almost makes him resist the climactic sword fight. But swashbuckler fans need not worry because the final confrontation is spectacular.