Miyamoto Musashi

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.

Discover

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)

Isao Kimura

Hon'iden Matahachi

Kusuo Abe

Fuchikawa Goroku

Rentaro Mikuni

Muneaki Takuan

Tokubei Hanazawa

Tanzaemon Aoki

Bandō Mitsugorō VIII

Terumasa Ikeda

Kunio Kaga

Tsuji Kaze Ten Ma

Seiji Miyaguchi

Bamboo craftsman Kisuke

Harue Akagi

Kisuke's wife

Shojiro Ogasawara

Shichiho temple monk

Shirō Osaki

Hon'iden's relative

Koji Arima

Village man

Noboru Umezawa

Village man

Hanzō Kataoka

Village man

Mitsuo Asano

Yamabushi

Kensaku Haruji

Villager

Mitsukazu Kawamura

Border Inspector

Kinji Nakamura

Villager

Akira Shioji

A Ghost

Kin'ya Suzuki

Border Inspector

Kazuko Ōura

Villager

Yukio Miyagi

A Ghost

Art

Kimiharu Tsujino

Production Design

Takatoshi Suzuki

Art Direction

Mineo Kamiwa

Set Designer

Takaya Ogawa

Production Design

Toshio Miyagawa

Set Decoration

Camera

Makoto Tsuboi

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Masanobu Hayashi

Makeup Artist

Gô Mikami

Costume Design

Ayako Sakurai

Hairstylist

Directing

Tomu Uchida

Director

Editing

Lighting

Production

Ryôsaku Nemoto

Production Manager

Hiroshi Ookawa

Executive Producer

Sound

Akira Ifukube

Original Music Composer

Art

Kimiharu Tsujino

Production Design

Takatoshi Suzuki

Art Direction

Mineo Kamiwa

Set Designer

Takaya Ogawa

Production Design

Toshio Miyagawa

Set Decoration

Camera

Makoto Tsuboi

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Masanobu Hayashi

Makeup Artist

Gô Mikami

Costume Design

Ayako Sakurai

Hairstylist

Directing

Tomu Uchida

Director

Editing

Lighting

Production

Ryôsaku Nemoto

Production Manager

Hiroshi Ookawa

Executive Producer

Sound

Akira Ifukube

Original Music Composer