NEW SAMURAI 1 (DVD)

Details

• Release Year: 1954
• Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, Foreign, Martial Arts
• Plot: Hiroshi Inagaki's acclaimed Samurai Trilogy is based on the novel that has been called Japan's Gone with the Wind. This sweeping saga of the legendary seventeenth-century samurai Musashi Miyamoto (powerfully portrayed by Toshiro Mifune) plays out against the turmoil of a devastating civil war. The Trilogy follows Mushashi's odyssey from unruly youth to enlightened warrior. In the first part, Musashi Miyamoto, the hero's dreams of military glory end in betrayal, defeat, and a fugitive lifestyle. But he is saved by a woman who loves him and a cunning priest who guides him to the samurai path. This installment won the 1955 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
• Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Rentarô Mikuni, Kuroemon Onoe, Kaoru Yachigusa, Mariko Okada, Mitsuko Mito, Eiko Miyoshi, Akihiko Hirata, Kusuo Abe, Eitarô Ozawa, Akira Tani, Seijirô Onda, Fumito Matsuo, Masanobu Ôkubo, Jirô Kumagaya, Akira Sera, Yasuhisa Tsutsumi, Yutaka Sada, Shigeo Katô, Jun'ichirô Mukai, Kiyoshi Kamoda, Michio Sakurai, Kyorô Sakurai, Masao Masuda, William Holden, Hiroshi Inagaki, Hideji Hôjô
• Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
• Runtime: 1:34
• Company: Criterion
• Media Format: Movie