Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Takezo agrees to fight Kojiro in a year's time but rejects Shogun's patronage, choosing instead to live on the edge of a village, raising vegetables. He's followed there by Otsu and later by Akemi, both in love with him. The year ends as Takezo assists the villagers against a band of brigands. He seeks Otsu's forgiveness and accepts her love, then sets off across the water to Ganryu Island for his final contest.

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  Hiroshi Inagaki
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  Jun Fukuda

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  Toshirō Mifune
  Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo
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  Koji Tsuruta
  Kojiro Sasaki
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  Kaoru Yachigusa
  Otsu
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  Mariko Okada
  Akemi
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  Kurôemon Onoe
  Takuan
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  Michiko Saga
  Omitsu
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  Takashi Shimura
  Court official
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  Minoru Chiaki
  Sasuke the boatman
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  Takamaru Sasaki
  Omitsu's father
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  Haruo Tanaka
  Kumagoro the horse thief
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  Kichijirō Ueda
  Priest Ogon
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  Ikio Sawamura
  Innkeeper (uncredited)
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  Nakajirō Tomita
  (uncredited)
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  Sonosuke Sawamura
  (uncredited)
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  Michiyo Kogure
  Yoshino (uncredited)
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  Akihiko Hirata
  Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
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  Minosuke Yamada
  (uncredited)
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  Sōji Kiyokawa
  (uncredited)
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  Masako Sakurai
  (uncredited)
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  Yutaka Oka
  (uncredited)