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Title: Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)
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Kôji Tsuruta | ... | Kojiro Sasaki |
| Toshirô Mifune | ... | Musashi Miyamoto (Takezo) | |
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Kaoru Yachigusa | ... | Otsu |
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Michiko Saga | ... | Omitsu |
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Mariko Okada | ... | Akemi |
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Haruo Tanaka | ... | Kumagoro the horse thief |
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Kichijirô Ueda | ... | Priest Ogon |
| Kokuten Kôdô | ... | Old Priest Nikkan | |
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Ikio Sawamura | ... | Innkeeper |
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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, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Takezo agrees to fight Kojiro in a year's time but rejects Shogun's patronage, choosing instead to live on the edge of a village, raising vegetables. He's followed there by Otsu and later by Akemi, both in love with him. The year ends as Takezo assists the villagers against a band of brigands. He seeks Otsu's forgiveness and accepts her love, then sets off across the water to Ganryu Island for his final contest. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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As the final duel is fought, the duelists have light on the sides of their bodies away from the sun - Sasaki has light on his back and Miyamoto light on his face. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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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.