Rent Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1955)
3.6 of 5 from 74 ratings
1h 33min
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- Synopsis:
- The first episode of the trilogy covers Miyamoto's formative years, as he emerges from rural obscurity to search for fame and glory in civil war, but returns home a broken man. Brought back to sanity through the love of a warm hearted girl, she persuades him to place himself under the spiritual guidance of an unorthodox Buddhist priest. His methods of teaching the ways of enlightenment would make the fiercest of Zen masters seem positively gentle. Gaining in spiritual stature and insight, Miyamoto is forced to choose between settling for domestic happiness or continuing his search for perfection in the art of the sword.
- Actors:
- Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Rentarô Mikuni, Kurôemon Onoe, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mitsuko Mito, Eiko Miyoshi, Akihiko Hirata, Kusuo Abe, Eitarô Ozawa, Akira Tani, Seijirô Onda, Fumito Matsuo, Masanobu Ôkubo, Jirô Kumagaya
- Directors:
- Hiroshi Inagaki
- Writers:
- Hideji Hôjô, Hiroshi Inagaki
- Aka:
- Miyamoto Musashi
- Studio:
- Warrior
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama
- Countries:
- Japan
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Reviews (3) of Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Terrible print - Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto review by VW
This film is virtually unwatchable in this print. The colour has deteriorated significantly and in the many night time scenes it is so poor that all you can see are shadows moving around in the sludge - you cannot make out what is going on. If you really want to watch this film seek out a better print.
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low quality transfer made this unwatchable - Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto review by AB
The few glimpses I had of this movie were intriguing, but the low quality of the transfer made it unwatchable. Most scenes were so dark the figures were indistinguishable.
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Good Film, Rotten Print - Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto review by AP
I agree with VW. The print is blurry, lacking definition, and the night scenes are direly unseeable. (I've always found 'Throne of Blood' best defined in terms of varying greyness, and of Kurosawa's major films, it's the one I least like.)
Thus the two stars.
The story, however, though standard fare, was good enough to grip and I enjoyed seeing Mifune under the direction of someone other than Kurosawa.
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