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Samurai 2: Duel At Ichijoji Temple

The Samurai Trilogy (Criterion)

Jun 26, 2012

Samurai 2: Duel At Ichijoji Temple

1955
Blu-ray
NR (Not Rated)
037429125526
action | adventure | biographical | foreign | martial arts | samurai
Japan | Japanese | Color | 01:42

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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Toshirô Mifune Musashi Miyamoto (Takezo)
Koji Tsuruta Kojiro Sasaki
Mariko Okada Akemi
Kaoru Yachigusa Otsu
Michiyo Kogure Dayu Yoshino
Mitsuko Mito Oko / Akemi's mother
Akihiko Hirata Seijuro Yoshioka
Daisuke Katô Toji Gion
Kuroemon Onoe Priest Takuan
Sachio Sakai Matahachi Honiden
Yu Fujiki Denshichiro Yoshioka
Machiko Kitagawa Kogure
Eiko Miyoshi Osugi / Matahachi's mother
Eijiro Tono Baiken Shishido
Kenjin Iida Jotaro
Akira Tani Kawara-no-Gonroku
Ko Mihashi Koetsu Honami
Kokuten Kodo Old Priest Nikkan
Yoshifumi Tajima Yoshioka samurai
Keiko Kondo
Hisako Takihana
Ren Yamamoto
Ryû Kuze
Torahiko Hamada
Yoshio Inaba

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Edition details

Edition Criterion
Packaging Keep Case
Nr Discs 1
Screen Ratios Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [Japanese]
Mono [Japanese]
SUB [English]
Subtitles English
Layers Single side, Single layer
Edition Release Date Jul 22, 1998
Regions Region A