Overview
In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then beginning his long period of wandering & training, with the goal always in mind of his duel with Kojiro. Part II builds toward that great duel on Ganryu Island, with considerable focus on Musashi's planning & forethought as to how to gain an advantage.
Cast
- Hideki Takahashi as Musashi Miyamoto
- Jirō Tamiya as Kojiro Sasaki
- Mitsuko Baisho as Akemi
- Keiko Matsuzaka as Otsu
- Chishū Ryū as Takuan
- Toshiyuki Hosokawa as Seijuro Yoshioka
- Makoto Satō
- Junko Toda as Osugi
- Toshie Kimura as Oko
- Kenjirō Ishiyama as Mibu Genzaemon