Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
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1h 44m
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki • 1956 • Japan
Starring Toshiro Mifune, Koji Tsuruta, Kaoru Yachigusa
A disillusioned Musashi Miyamoto (Toshiro Mifune) has turned his back on the samurai life, becoming a farmer in a remote village, while his nemesis Kojiro (Koji Tsuruta) now works for the shogun. Circumstances bring them back together for one final face-off. Though it’s marked by a memorably intense final battle sequence, the rousing conclusion to the Samurai Trilogy is engaged with matters of the heart as well, as Miyamoto must ask himself what it is that makes a warrior and a man.
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On Musashi Miyamoto, Part 3
The character Musashi Miyamoto was inspired by the historical figure of the same name. In this interview, conducted in 2012, translator and historian William Scott Wilson (“The Lone Samurai”) discusses the real-life events corresponding to the time frame of SAMURAI III: DUEL AT GANRYU ISLAND.
