Musashibo Benkei

Genre: Drama History
Run time: 87 min
Premiere: 1942. January 7.

Director: Kunio Watanabe
Writer: Yoshitake Hisa
Starring: Joji Oka Isuzu Yamada Hideko Takamine Masaru Kodaka

A 1942 Jidaigeki by the veteran jidaigeki filmmaker Kunio Watanabe about the legendary warrior Musashibo Benkei with Hideko Takamine portraying Minamoto no Yoshitsune (who is, of course, a man). The film climaxes in the famous encounter/fight btw Benkei and Yoshitsune at the Gojo Bridge.