Musashibo Benkei poster
Basic Info
Release: January 07, 1942

Musashibo Benkei

1942
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.

Genres
Drama History
Production Countries
  • Japan
Spoken Languages
  • Japanese ja

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Cast
Joji Oka
Joji Oka
Isuzu Yamada
Isuzu Yamada
Hideko Takamine
Hideko Takamine
Masaru Kodaka
Yataro Kurokawa
Yataro Kurokawa
Kokuten Kōdō
Kokuten Kōdō
Yoshio Kosugi
Yoshio Kosugi
Yōji Misaki
Crew
Yoshitake Hisa
Yoshitake Hisa
Writer
Ryōichi Hattori
Ryōichi Hattori
Music
Kunio Watanabe
Kunio Watanabe
Director
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