Samurai (Part III)
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Cast & Crew
Hiroshi Inagaki
Toshiro Mifune
Koji Tsuruta
Kaoru Yachigusa
Michiko Saga
Mariko Okada
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Synopsis
Musashi Miyamoto, a wandering samurai, is challenged to a duel by his rival, Kojiro Sasaki, but Miyamoto requests a meeting at a later time. Followed by two women who love him, Miyamoto settles in an area where local farmers have been plagued by bandits. He teaches his neighbors self-defense, but the bandits use one of his women and through trickery attack the village. The woman dies, and Miyamoto is about to settle down with Otsu, his other follower, when he receives a new challenge from Sasaki. The two samurai meet on Ganryu Island; Miyamoto wins the duel and afterwards returns to his home, hoping for an end to his troubles.
Director
Hiroshi Inagaki
Cast
Toshiro Mifune
Koji Tsuruta
Kaoru Yachigusa
Michiko Saga
Mariko Okada
Takashi Shimura
Kyo Shimura
Crew
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Released in Japan in 1956 as Ketto Ganryu Jima, this is the third part of the Musashi Miyamoto trilogy. Alternative U. S. title: Duel at Ganryu Island. Part I of the trilogy was released in Japan in 1954 as Miyamoto Musashi and in the United States in 1955 as Samurai. Part II was released in Japan in 1955 as Ichijoji no ketto and in the United States as Samurai (Part II), q. v.
