
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. While Otsu waits, Akemi also seeks him, expressing her desires directly. Meanwhile, Takezo is observed by Sasaki Kojiro, a brilliant young fighter, confident he can dethrone Takezo. After leaving Kyoto in triumph, Takezo declares his love for Otsu, but in a way that dishonors her and shames him. Once again, he leaves alone.
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Toshirō Mifune as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo

Koji Tsuruta as Kojiro Sasaki

Kaoru Yachigusa as Otsu

Mariko Okada as Akemi

Michiyo Kogure as Lady Yoshino

Akihiko Hirata as Seijuro Yoshioka

Mitsuko Mito as Oko

Kurôemon Onoe as Takuan

Sachio Sakai as Matahachi Honiden

Yū Fujiki as Denshichiro Yoshioka

Machiko Kitagawa as Kogure

Eiko Miyoshi as Osugi

Eijirō Tōno as Baiken Shishido

Kenjin Iida as Jotaro

Kō Mihashi as Honami Koetsu

Yoshibumi Tajima as Yoshioka samurai

Keiko Kondo as (uncredited)

Hisako Takihana as (uncredited)

Ren Yamamoto as (uncredited)

Ryū Kuze as (uncredited)

Torahiko Hamada as (uncredited)

Yoshio Inaba as (uncredited)

Fumindo Matsuo as (uncredited)

Minoru Itō as (uncredited)

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi as (uncredited)

Ren Imaizumi as (uncredited)

Rinsaku Ogata as (uncredited)

Kenzō Tabu as (uncredited)

Kokuten Kōdō as Old Priest Nikkan (uncredited)

Daisuke Katō as Toji Gion
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