Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
movie

Released July 12, 1955
Overview
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers.
Cast

Toshirō Mifune
as
Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo

Koji Tsuruta
as
Kojiro Sasaki

Kaoru Yachigusa
as
Otsu

Mariko Okada
as
Akemi

Michiyo Kogure
as
Lady Yoshino

Akihiko Hirata
as
Seijuro Yoshioka

Mitsuko Mito
as
Oko
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Kurôemon Onoe
as
Takuan

Sachio Sakai
as
Matahachi Honiden

Yū Fujiki
as
Denshichiro Yoshioka

Machiko Kitagawa
as
Kogure

Eiko Miyoshi
as
Osugi
Crew

Ikuma Dan
as
Original Music Composer
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Tokuhei Wakao
as
Writer

Hiroshi Inagaki
as
Writer

Hiroshi Inagaki
as
Director

Eiji Yoshikawa
as
Novel
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Jun Yasumoto
as
Cinematography
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Kazuo Takimura
as
Producer
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Makoto Sono
as
Set Decoration
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Hideshi Ohi
as
Editor
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Hideji Hōjō
as
Theatre Play
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Kisaku Ito
as
Production Design

Jun Fukuda
as
Assistant Director