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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

Original title: Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijôji no kettô
  • 19551955
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 44m
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7.3/10
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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
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Musashi Miyamoto returns to Kyoto after years of absence. After a series of fights against the Yoshioka School, he challenges its master to a duel.Musashi Miyamoto returns to Kyoto after years of absence. After a series of fights against the Yoshioka School, he challenges its master to a duel.Musashi Miyamoto returns to Kyoto after years of absence. After a series of fights against the Yoshioka School, he challenges its master to a duel.
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  • Director
    • Hiroshi Inagaki
  • Writers
    • Hideji Hôjô(play)
    • Hiroshi Inagaki
    • Tokuhei Wakao
  • Stars
    • Toshirô Mifune
    • Mariko Okada
    • Kôji Tsuruta
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  • Director
    • Hiroshi Inagaki
  • Writers
    • Hideji Hôjô(play)
    • Hiroshi Inagaki
    • Tokuhei Wakao
  • Stars
    • Toshirô Mifune
    • Mariko Okada
    • Kôji Tsuruta
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    • 24User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
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    Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
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    Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
    Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
    Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
    Toshirô Mifune in Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
    Kaoru Yachigusa in Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
    Mariko Okada in Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
    Toshirô Mifune and Kô Mihashi in Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
    Toshirô Mifune and Michiyo Kogure in Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)
    Toshirô Mifune and Kôji Tsuruta in Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)

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    Toshirô Mifune
    Toshirô Mifune
    • Musashi Miyamoto (Takezo)
    Mariko Okada
    • Akemi
    Kôji Tsuruta
    Kôji Tsuruta
    • Kojiro Sasaki
    Kaoru Yachigusa
    Kaoru Yachigusa
    • Otsu
    Michiyo Kogure
    Michiyo Kogure
    • Dayu Yoshino
    Mitsuko Mito
    Mitsuko Mito
    • Oko, Akemi's mother
    Akihiko Hirata
    Akihiko Hirata
    • Seijuro Yoshioka
    Daisuke Katô
    Daisuke Katô
    • Toji Gion
    Kurôemon Onoe
    • Priest Takuan
    Sachio Sakai
    • Matahachi Honiden
    Yû Fujiki
    • Denshichiro Yoshioka
    Machiko Kitagawa
    • Kogure
    Eiko Miyoshi
    Eiko Miyoshi
    • Osugi, Matahachi's mother
    Eijirô Tôno
    Eijirô Tôno
    • Baiken Shishido
    Kenjin Iida
    • Jotaro
    Akira Tani
    • Kawara-no-Gonroku
    Kô Mihashi
    • Koetsu Honami
    Kokuten Kôdô
    Kokuten Kôdô
    • Old Priest Nikkan
    • Director
      • Hiroshi Inagaki
    • Writers
      • Hideji Hôjô(play)
      • Hiroshi Inagaki
      • Tokuhei Wakao
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    • Trivia
      This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #15.
    • Goofs
      The levels of water and the mud in the rice paddies at Ichijoji Temple vary between shots.
    • Quotes

      Musashi Miyamoto (Takezo): I renounce my love of women.

    • Connections
      Featured in Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)

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    9/10
    The screening of these 3 films was a national event in the 1950s.
    This comment about the "Samurai Trilogy" starts on the page for Miyamoto Musashi (Samurai I). My first viewing of the second episode was memorable because I got to take the train into town all by myself, and view it in a Tokyo theater. The first episode had just been shown on base, in a sort of cultural exchange, and my parents saw it and were pleasantly non-outraged-- I was a 9-year-old samurai-movie addict, and they believed enthusiasm beyond a certain intensity should be curbed. It was the same conflict as comic books some few years earlier. Technicolor was a big deal back then, especially in Japan, and it became the issue on which my viewing of "swordfighting movies" was decided-- the ones in color were historical films worth viewing, and even had something to teach. The black-and-white ones shown in Irumagawa and surrounding villages-- I had to sneak off to see. Ichijoji no Ketto (Duel at Ichijoji Temple) shows Miyamoto-san's achievements, while barring no holds on the issue of what they cost him. The romantic subplot continues, though its development in the western sense (toward union, wedded bliss) is thwarted at every turn. The issue is always a conflict between love and duty, and each deferment of gratification spells out a new step in the redefinition of the national character that is being mapped here. Again, some of the importance of all this is lost, even to modern Japanese audiences for whom the issues are long settled-- at the time, though, they were cliffhangers. A new character is introduced, Kojiro Sasaki who will emerge in part 3 as a rival for Musashi-- his equal except for certain features in their respective character. By the way, the score is excellent and haunting-- it extends like a symphony through all three parts, and has a leitmotif "hook" that will cause your ears to pick up in recognition, perhaps years from now, when you hear it again.
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    • Release date
      • October 20, 1967 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Duel at Ichijoji Temple
    • Filming locations
      • Tokyo, Japan
    • Production company
      • Toho Company
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 44 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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