Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

Release Date:	Oct 1967
Genres	Action / Adventure / Biography / Drama / History
Duration:	104 min
Cast:	Toshirô Mifune(Musashi Miyamoto (Takezo)), Koji Tsuruta(Kojiro Sasaki), Mariko Okada(Akemi), Kaoru Yachigusa(Otsu), Michiyo Kogure(Dayu Yoshino), Mitsuko Mito(Oko, Akemi's mother), Akihiko Hirata(Seijuro Yoshioka), Daisuke Katô(Toji Gion), Kuroemon Onoe(Priest Takuan), Sachio Sakai(Matahachi Honiden), Yû Fujiki(Denshichiro Yoshioka), Machiko Kitagawa(Kogure), Eiko Miyoshi(Osugi, Matahachi's mother), Eijirô Tôno(Baiken Shishido), Kenjin Iida(Jotaro), Akira Tani(Kawara-no-Gonroku), Ko Mihashi(Koetsu Honami), Kokuten Kodo(Old Priest Nikkan), Yoshifumi Tajima(Yoshioka samurai), Keiko Kondo(), Hisako Takihana(), Ren Yamamoto(), Ryû Kuze(), Torahiko Hamada(), Yoshio Inaba(), Fumito Matsuo(), Minoru Itô(), Yasuhisa Tsutsumi(), Ren Imaizumi(), Rinsaku Ogata(), Kenzo Tabu(),

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.