Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
03/01/1956
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.
Movie Information
Toshirō Mifune
as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
Koji Tsuruta
as Kojiro Sasaki
Kaoru Yachigusa
as Otsu
Mariko Okada
as Akemi
Kurôemon Onoe
as Takuan
Michiko Saga
as Omitsu
Takashi Shimura
as Court official
Minoru Chiaki
as Sasuke the boatman
Takamaru Sasaki
as Omitsu's father
Haruo Tanaka
as Kumagoro the horse thief
Kichijirō Ueda
as Priest Ogon
Ikio Sawamura
as Innkeeper (uncredited)
Nakajirō Tomita
as (uncredited)
Sonosuke Sawamura
as (uncredited)
Michiyo Kogure
as Yoshino (uncredited)
Akihiko Hirata
as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
Minosuke Yamada
as (uncredited)
Sōji Kiyokawa
as (uncredited)
Masako Sakurai
as (uncredited)
Yutaka Oka
as (uncredited)
Tominosuke Hayama
as (uncredited)
Kumeko Otowa
as (uncredited)
Yaeko Izumo
as (uncredited)
Noriko Honma
as (uncredited)
Tateo Kawasaki
as (uncredited)
Fumindo Matsuo
as (uncredited)
Ren Yamamoto
as (uncredited)
Fuminori Ōhashi
as (uncredited)
Haruko Toyama
as (uncredited)
Hideo Shibuya
as (uncredited)
Katsumi Tezuka
as (uncredited)
Keiichirō Katsumoto
as (uncredited)
Shirō Tsuchiya
as (uncredited)
Masao Masuda
as (uncredited)
Yu Agetsu
as (uncredited)
Senkichi Ōmura
as (uncredited)
Shōichi Hirose
as (uncredited)
Kenjin Iida
as Jotaro (uncredited)
Mitsuko Mito
as Oko (uncredited)
Sachio Sakai
as Matahachi Honiden (uncredited)
Eijirō Tōno
as Baiken Shishido (uncredited)
Kokuten Kōdō
as Old Priest Nikkan (uncredited)
Haruo Nakajima
as (uncredited)
Etsuo Saijo
as (uncredited)
Daisuke Katō
as Toji Gion
