Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)

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

How it feels

A wandering swordsman faces a rival school in a climactic confrontation. This is the second part of a trilogy about a legendary Japanese warrior.

epicstoicslow-burnhistoricaldramaticseriouscolorfulduel-focused

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)

Trailer

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