Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)

After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers.

Cast (30)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Toshirō Mifune

Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo

Koji Tsuruta

Kojiro Sasaki

Kaoru Yachigusa

Otsu

Mariko Okada

Akemi

Michiyo Kogure

Lady Yoshino

Akihiko Hirata

Seijuro Yoshioka

Mitsuko Mito

Oko

K

Kurôemon Onoe

Takuan

Sachio Sakai

Matahachi Honiden

Yū Fujiki

Denshichiro Yoshioka

Machiko Kitagawa

Kogure

Eiko Miyoshi

Osugi

Eijirō Tōno

Baiken Shishido

K

Kenjin Iida

Jotaro

K

Kō Mihashi

Honami Koetsu

Yoshibumi Tajima

Yoshioka samurai

K

Keiko Kondo

(uncredited)

Hisako Takihana

(uncredited)

Ren Yamamoto

(uncredited)

R

Ryū Kuze

(uncredited)

Torahiko Hamada

(uncredited)

Yoshio Inaba

(uncredited)

F

Fumindo Matsuo

(uncredited)

M

Minoru Itō

(uncredited)

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

(uncredited)

R

Ren Imaizumi

(uncredited)

Rinsaku Ogata

(uncredited)

Kenzō Tabu

(uncredited)

Kokuten Kōdō

Old Priest Nikkan (uncredited)

Daisuke Katō

Toji Gion

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