Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

宮本武蔵
Miyamoto Musashi
Director | Hiroshi Inagaki |
Original Story | Eiji Yoshikawa |
Dramatization | Hideji Hojo |
Screenplay |
Tokuhei Wakao Hiroshi Inagaki |
Photography | Jun Yasumoto |
Art Director | Kisaku Ito |
Sound | Choshichiro Mikami |
Lighting | Shigeru Mori |
Music | Ikuma Dan |
Assistant Director | Jun Fukuda |
Editor | Hidefumi Oi |
Production Companies | Toho |
Release Date | September 26, 1954 |
Runtime | 94 minutes |
Followed by | Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) |
![]() 宮本武蔵 Miyamoto Musashi |
Director | Hiroshi Inagaki |
Original Story | Eiji Yoshikawa |
Dramatization | Hideji Hojo |
Screenplay |
Tokuhei Wakao Hiroshi Inagaki |
Photography | Jun Yasumoto |
Art Director | Kisaku Ito |
Sound | Choshichiro Mikami |
Lighting | Shigeru Mori |
Music | Ikuma Dan |
Assistant Director | Jun Fukuda |
Editor | Hidefumi Oi |
Production Companies | Toho |
Release Date | September 26, 1954 |
Runtime | 94 minutes |
Followed by | Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) |
Takezo and Matahachi are villagers from Miyamoto who aspire to become samurai. Takezo has no family ties to leave behind, but Matahachi has an aging mother and his betrothed, Otsu, to look after. Nevertheless, Matahachi decides to join Takezo and fight for Toyotomi. During the battle of Sekigehara, Toyotomi’s forces are routed by Tokugawa’s, and Takezo and Matahachi are now renegades. They seek shelter with a woman, Oko, and her daughter Akemi. Akemi becomes attracted to Takezo, but he refuses her advances. Takezo fights off the local bandits who had threatened Oko, and she advances on him as well. Takezo flees. Oko is slighted and leaves immediately with Akemi and Matahachi in tow. Matahachi later becomes her husband.
Takezo fights his way back to Miyamoto, incurring the wrath of the newly instated authorities. He communicates to Matahachi’s mother that Matahachi is still alive, but refuses to discuss his relationship with Oko. However, Otsu receives a letter from Oko and is crestfallen to learn of his infidelity. The villagers are recruited to scour the countryside to apprehend Takezo so he can face justice for the violence committed against the authorities. The priest Takuan and Otsu venture into the wilderness and convince Takezo to surrender peacefully. Takuan takes him into his custody, and spares him from the authorities’ punishment. Instead, Takuan binds Takezo and hangs him from a tree, to put him in his place and impress upon him the foolishness of his actions.
After three days of this treatment, Otsu relents and frees Takezo. They flee the village together, admitting that they love each other now. The authorities are in hot pursuit. Takezo flees again, but Otsu is taken to Kyoto. Takezo pursues her, but is confronted by Takuan again, who locks him up and forces him to read literature. As the years pass, Takezo becomes a more humble and cultured man. The lord of Kyoto castle bestows the name Musashi Miyamoto upon him, and allows him to go free so that he may continue his training. Miyamoto reunites briefly with Otsu, who begs to join him. He agrees at first, but disappears when she leaves to gather her things. Miyamoto sets out on his own to become the master of the sword, and of himself.
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Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically
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Top Billed Cast

Musashi Miyamoto

Takuan the Priest

Matahachi

Otsu

Oko

Akemi

Osugi

Seijuro Yoshioka

Tenba Tsujikaze

Tanzaemon Aoki

Toji Gion

Terumasa Ikeda

Gonroku Kawarano

Soldier

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Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically

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Ruffian

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原作 Original Story |
吉川英治 Eiji Yoshikawa |
製作 Producer |
滝村和男 Kazuo Takimura |
劇化 Dramatization |
北條秀司 Hideji Hojo |
脚本 Screenplay |
若尾徳平 Tokuhei Wakao |
稲垣浩 Hiroshi Inagaki |
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撮影 Photography |
安本淳 Jun Yasumoto |
美術監督 Art Director |
伊藤熹朔 Kisaku Ito |
美術 Art |
園真 Makoto Sono |
録音 Sound |
三上長七郎 Choshichiro Mikami |
照明 Lighting |
森茂 Shigeru Mori |
音楽 Music |
團伊玖磨 Ikuma Dan |
監督助手 Assistant Director |
福田純 Jun Fukuda |
編集 Editor |
大井英史 Hidefumi Oi |
特殊技術 Special Effects |
東宝技術部 Toho Engineering Department |
現像 Developing |
東洋現像所 Toyo Laboratory |
製作担当者 Production Manager |
菅英久 Hidehisa Suga |
出演者 Performers |
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武蔵 Musashi |
三船敏郎 Toshiro Mifune |
沢庵 Takuan |
尾上九朗右衛門 Kurouemon Onoue |
又八 Matahachi |
三國連太郎 Rentaro Mikuni |
お通 Otsu |
八千草薫 Kaoru Yachigusa |
お甲 Oko |
水戸光子 Mitsuko Mito |
朱実 Akemi |
岡田茉莉子 Mariko Okada |
三好栄子 Eiko Miyoshi |
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平田昭彦 Akihiko Hirata |
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阿部九州男 Kusuo Abe |
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小杉義男 Yoshio Kosugi |
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加東大介 Daisuke Kato |
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小澤栄 Eitaro Ozawa |
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観世流能楽 猩々 Kanzeryu Music Group |
山階信弘 Nobuhiro Yamabe |
上山草人 Sojin Kamiyama |
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谷晃 Akira Tani |
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如月寛多 Kanta Kisaragi |
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松尾文人 Fuminto Matsuo |
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大久保正信 Masanobu Okubo |
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増田正雄 Masuo Masuda |
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桜井美智夫 Michio Sakurai |
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恩田清二郎 Seijiro Onda |
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監督 Director |
稲垣浩 Hiroshi Inagaki |