Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
- Toshirō Mifune: Takezo
- Rentaro Mikuni: Matahachi
- Kuroemon Onoe: Takuan Soho
- Kaoru Yachigusa: Otsu
- Mariko Okada: Akemi
Samurai (Japanese宫本 武 蔵, Miyamoto Musashi ) is a Japanese historical film, directed by Hiroshi Inagaki 1954 based on the novel Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa. He is the first part of Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy. The premiere took place in Germany on 11 June 1965.
Action
Takezo and Matahachi fight in the Battle of Sekigahara. Both are on the losing side. Instead of victory and glory, has the Takezo expected, he is now a fugitive. Locate the two friends refuge with a widow and her daughter. Both women want to seduce Takezo, but refuses them. The widow tells Matahachi that Takezo had attacked them. He should now accompany her and her daughter to Kyoto. Matahachi agrees, especially since he wants to see his fiancée Otsu.
Takezo returns to his village and says Matahachis family that this was alive. The mother does not believe him, and Takezo should be arrested for treason. He is wanted in the whole village used Takezos Related as bait, but Takezo is not taken. Only the Buddhist monk Takuan Soho can take Takezo. Takuan takes the sovereign from the promise to appease Takezo by certain methods. With the help of Otsu but Takezo can escape. The monk finds out that the Himeji- jo for two - want and can take Takezo there again - a castle in the mountains. Three years he is trapped in a room.
Takezo gets the name Samurai Miyamoto Musashi after his release. He makes his way to attain enlightenment, leaving two messages for Otsu. " Forgive me," "I'll be back soon " and
Reviews
" A narrated in calm, pastel-colored images movie, with its simple kind of touching warmth. "
" The path of a Samurai by unbridled ferocity to introspection and self-discovery. The simple and austere Legend story has been designed in color, cut and representation to a film seal of delicate beauty. Highly recommended from the age of 16. "
Awards
Background
- Director Inagaki in 1958 awarded the Golden Lion in Venice.
- Toshirō Mifune, who turned in his career, more than 180 films, became an international superstar in the 1950s.
- Assistant director was June Fukuda, who staged some Godzilla movies later.
- For the special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya was responsible, who also was involved in Godzilla films, including as a director.
Historical background of the film
- The Battle of Sekigahara took place on October 21, 1600 near the town of the same in Gifu Prefecture instead. Two armies, each with over 80,000 men faced each other - on the one hand, the allies of Toyotomi Hideyori, on the other hand, the Tokugawa Ieyasu's army. The army Ieyasu won the battle, in which the opposite side lost nearly half of its fighters.
- Takuan Soho (1573-1645) was a Zen master. He was the author of several books on the martial arts, Advisor to the Tennō and according to a legend, also the teacher of Miyamoto Musashi.
- Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645) is considered the greatest Samurai of all time. Its almost invincible fighting technique made Musashi to a ronin, a masterless samurai. He should have played more than 60 fights and won all. After he had laid down his sword, he built schools and temples, and devoted himself to writing.
- Himeji- jo is one of the oldest surviving buildings from the Japan of the 17th century. The castle complex consists of 83 buildings. In its original form it was built in 1346.