Tsurikichi Sanpei eps 86-90
The Kabocha Wine - Nita's Love Story
(non anime)
Miyamoto Musashi (1961)
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (1962)
Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963)
I Watched the first three movies in Tomu Uchida’s six part saga based upon the life of Miyamoto Musashi building up to the legendary duel with Sasaki Kojiro,there are countless movies about Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro but my personal favourites have to be the various adaptions by Hiroshi Inagaki,first his 1950 classic simply named Sasaki Kojiro(this is a compilation edit of the trilogy he released between 1950-51,Sasaki Kojiro(1950),Zoku Sasaki Kojiro(1951),Kanketsu Sasaki Kojiro Ganryujima No Ketto(1951),as far as i know the compilation edit is all that remains of the original 50,s trilogy)starring Toshiro Mifune as Miyamoto Musashi and Otani Tomoemon as Sasaki Kojiro,some say the film features the best version of the legendary duel,that will always be open for debate but it is truly a breathtaking climax to the movie that has stood the test of time,next his spectacular Samurai trilogy again with Toshiro Mifune in the role as Miyamoto Musashi(Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple,Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island) and finally his 1967 masterpiece Kojiro but so far i am really enjoying Tomu Uchida’s take on the legendary story and i look forward to watching the final three parts later this evening.