Musashibo Benkei

Overview

A 1942 Jidaigeki by the veteran jidaigeki filmmaker Kunio Watanabe about the legendary warrior Musashibo Benkei with Hideko Takamine portraying Minamoto no Yoshitsune (who is, of course, a man). The film climaxes in the famous encounter/fight btw Benkei and Yoshitsune at the Gojo Bridge.

Release date

Jan 7, 1942

Rating

0 / 10

Runtime

1 hours 27 minutes

Genres

Drama
History

Cast

Joji Oka
As
Isuzu Yamada
As
Hideko Takamine
As
Masaru Kodaka
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As
Yataro Kurokawa
As
Kokuten Kōdō
As
Yoshio Kosugi
As
Yōji Misaki
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As

Crew

Yoshitake Hisa
Role: Writer
Ryōichi Hattori
Role: Music
Kôhei Shima
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Role: Art Direction
Kunio Watanabe
Role: Director
Tatsuo Tomonari
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Role: Director of Photography