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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple poster
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Excellent
MASTER SCORE 80.5 / 100
1955·Action / Adventure / Biography·1h 44m

SAMURAI II: DUEL AT ICHIJOJI TEMPLE

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.

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Hiroshi Inagaki·DirectorHiroshi Inagaki·ScreenplayTokuhei Wakao·ScreenplayJun Yasumoto·Director of PhotographyIkuma Dan·Original Music ComposerHideshi Ohi·Editor
Cast
Toshirō Mifune·Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. TakezoKoji Tsuruta·Kojiro SasakiKaoru Yachigusa·OtsuMariko Okada·AkemiMichiyo Kogure·Lady YoshinoAkihiko Hirata·Seijuro YoshiokaMitsuko Mito·OkoKurôemon Onoe·TakuanSachio Sakai·Matahachi HonidenYū Fujiki·Denshichiro Yoshioka
Full Crew
(7 credits)
Directing· 1
Hiroshi Inagaki·Director
Writing· 2
Hiroshi Inagaki·ScreenplayTokuhei Wakao·Screenplay
Camera· 1
Jun Yasumoto·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Hideshi Ohi·Editor
Sound & Music· 1
Ikuma Dan·Original Music Composer
Production· 1
Kazuo Takimura·Producer
By the Numbers
80.5
OF 100
Master Score
7.3
OF 10
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