Musashibo Benkei

01/07/1942

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1hr 27min

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Drama

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STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Joji Oka
  • Isuzu Yamada
  • Hideko Takamine
  • Masaru Kodaka
  • Yataro Kurokawa

    Director

  • Kunio Watanabe

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Toho Eiga Co., Ltd.

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese