Musashibo Benkei

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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.

Cast

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

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

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