Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)

Original title

宮本武蔵

Directed by

Hiroshi Inagaki

Genre

drama film, adventure film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

U

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 212 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man sets out on a journey to become a master swordsman in feudal Japan. His path involves battles, discipline, and personal growth.

epicmeditativeatmosphericclassicalintrospectivehistoricalmethodicalearnest

What happens

Musashi Miyamoto (Japanese: 宮本武蔵, Hepburn: Miyamoto Musashi) is a 1954 Japanese film directed and co-written by Hiroshi Inagaki and starring Toshiro Mifune. The film is the first film of Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy of historical adventures. The film is adapted from Eiji Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, originally released as a serial in the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, between 1935 and 1939. The novel is loosely based on the life of the famous Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. The film was followed by Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) and Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956). The film won a Special/Honorary Award at the 1955 Academy Awards for outstanding foreign language film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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