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
Ko Mihashi as Honami Koetsu
Yoshifumi 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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