Release date: 05/27/1961
Genres:
History, Action, Drama
Countries:
Japan
Rating:
7.3
In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly auspicious. He sides with the Toyotomi at Sekigahara, and as a result finds himself on the losing side of the historic battle. He and his friend Matahachi manage to escape the slaughter although the latter is wounded in his leg. They stumble across the young Akemi who makes her living with her mother Oko by robbing corpses of their armor and anything else they can sell. Oko takes it into her head to seduce Matahachi, which she does first by skillfully sucking the gangrene from his blood, and then just by sucking.
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)
Akiko Kazami
Ogin
Wakaba Irie
Otsu
Isao Kimura
Hon'iden Matahachi
Chieko Naniwa
Osugi
Kusuo Abe
Fuchikawa Goroku
Rentaro Mikuni
Muneaki Takuan
Michiyo Kogure
Oko
Satomi Oka
Akemi
Kunio Kaga
Tsuji Kaze Ten Ma
Seiji Miyaguchi
Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
Harue Akagi
Kisuke's wife
Koji Arima
Village man
Kensaku Haruji
Villager
Kinji Nakamura
Villager
Tsuyako Okajima
Akira Shioji
A Ghost
Kinjirô Tooyama
Yukio Miyagi
A Ghost