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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple poster
Original title
続宮本武蔵　一乗寺の決闘
Directed by
Jun Fukuda, Hiroshi Inagaki
Genre
drama film, Jidaigeki
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
U
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 142 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A wandering swordsman faces a rival school in a climactic confrontation. This is the second part of a trilogy about a legendary Japanese warrior.

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What happens

Duel at Ichijoji Temple (Japanese: 続宮本武蔵　一乗寺の決闘, Hepburn: Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no Kettō) is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki starring Toshiro Mifune. Shot in Eastmancolor, it is the second film of Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy. 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 first part of the trilogy is Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) and the third is Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956). The film's production designer was Kisaku Itō, the set decoration was made by Makoto Sono, the consultant of art department was Kisaku Itō, the sound technician was Chōshichirō Mikami, the lighting technician was Shigeru Mori, and the choreographers were Tokuho Azuma and Yoshio Sugino. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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