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Musashibo Benkei

19420.0 / 1087 min
Drama, History

Overview

A 1942 Jidaigeki by the veteran jidaigeki filmmaker Kunio Watanabe about the legendary warrior Musashibo Benkei with Hideko Takamine portraying Minamoto no Yoshitsune (who is, of course, a man). The film climaxes in the famous encounter/fight btw Benkei and Yoshitsune at the Gojo Bridge.

Cast

Joji Oka

Joji Oka

Isuzu Yamada

Isuzu Yamada

Hideko Takamine

Hideko Takamine

Masaru Kodaka

Masaru Kodaka

Yataro Kurokawa

Yataro Kurokawa

Kokuten Kōdō

Kokuten Kōdō

Yoshio Kosugi

Yoshio Kosugi

Yōji Misaki

Yōji Misaki

Crew

Kunio Watanabe

Kunio Watanabe

Director

Yoshitake Hisa

Yoshitake Hisa

Writer

Ryōichi Hattori

Ryōichi Hattori

Music

Tatsuo Tomonari

Tatsuo Tomonari

Director of Photography

Kôhei Shima

Kôhei Shima

Art Direction