Drama ·History · Japan · 1942 · 1h 27m

Musashibo Benkei

武蔵坊辨慶

Director

Kunio Watanabe

Cast

Joji Oka as Isuzu Yamada as Hideko Takamine as Masaru Kodaka as Yataro Kurokawa as Kokuten Kōdō as

Crew

Tatsuo Tomonari — Director of Photography Yoshitake Hisa — Writer

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

Kunio Watanabe Director Tatsuo Tomonari Director of Photography Yoshitake Hisa Writer

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