In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then beginning his long period of wandering & training, with the goal always in mind of his duel with Kojiro. Part II builds toward that great duel on Ganryu Island, with considerable focus on Musashi's planning & forethought as to how to gain an advantage.

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Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, whic...

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

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A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charge...

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Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Gu...

Near-future Tokyo. Kou, through the help of his high school best friend, finds a surprising way to e...

An adventure film with Benshi performers. Sometimes considered the 'first Japanese feature film', it...

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