
The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle after three years of intense contemplation and philosophical study and starting on his epic quest to complete his skill in the Way.
Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura
Miyamoto Musashi / Takezo

Wakaba Irie
Otsu

Isao Kimura
Hon'iden Matahachi

Chieko Naniwa
Osugi

Rentaro Mikuni
Muneaki Takuan

Kusuo Abe
Unknown

Michiyo Kogure
Okou

Satomi Oka
Akemi

Shinjirō Ehara
Seijuro Yoshioka

Takamaru Sasaki
Terumasa Ikeda

Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Unknown

Hiroshi Minami
Fujitsugu Gion

Ryōsuke Kagawa
Naota Ryohei
Ichitarō Kuni
Unknown
Mitsuru Takeuchi
Jotaro
Masao Hori
Shoda Kizaemon

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata
Nikkan

Kinji Nakamura
Temple officer

Chieko Murata
Owner
Tokinosuke Nakamura
Otomo

Masao Oda
Cheap hotel's owner

Seiji Miyaguchi
Bamboo craftsman Kisuke

Harue Akagi
Kisuke's wife
Shinnosuke Ogata
Bearded coolie
Hajime Nagoya
Yoshioka's disciple

Masaharu Arikawa
Unknown

Kinjirô Tooyama
Unknown
Hiroshi Tonegawa
Onlooker
Hanzō Kataoka
Red dog's owner
Kinya Suzuki
Gatekeeper
Kenji Egi
Ronin #2
Shirō Osaki
Owner

Daisuke Awaji
Master of Martial Arts
Heitaro Gori
Palanquin Runner
Shunsuke Haruga
A Martial Artist

Kensaku Haruji
The Owner Of The Manjyui-ya Mercantile
Emiko Hisaoka
The Little Girl
Kozo Kaneda
Monk

Minken Karasawa
A Yoshioka Cronie
Hiroshi Kasuga
A Ronin

Hiroshi Kato
Yamazoe Danpachi
Sakurao Kazu
Palanquin Runner

Michimaro Otabe
Unknown

Yataro Kurokawa
Hozu in Inshun

Eiji Minakata
Unknown
Kazu Nagoya
Unknown
Katsuyoshi Noma
Monk
Kisho Nomura
The Cow Herder
Yasuhiro Suzuki
Unknown
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
A Heckler

Utako Tamaki
The Young Wife

Rinichi Yamamoto
Priest Agon

Yoshio Yoshida
The Ceramics Potter
Yasushi Ôki
Palanquin Runner
Hitoshi Ōmae
Unknown

Yukio Miyagi
Ronin Cronie
Crew

Tomu Uchida
Director, Adaptation
Naoyuki Suzuki
Adaptation

Eiji Yoshikawa
Novel
Shintarō Miyamoto
Editor
Makoto Tsudoi
Director of Photography
Tetsuya Yamanouchi
Assistant Director
Kimiharu Tsujino
Production Design
Takaya Ogawa
Production Design
Takao Onaga
Production Design
Gô Mikami
Costume Design
Taichiro Kosugi
Original Music Composer
Akira Satô
Set Decoration
Kiyoshi Kan
Set Designer
Takatoshi Suzuki
Art Direction
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