Friday, 3 October 2014

An animal becomes a man

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)

Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki this film based on the novel “Musashi” stars Toshiro Mifune, Rentaro Mikuni, Kuroemon Onoe, Kaoru Yachigusa and Mariko Okada. Two peasants seeking fame and glory leave their village to try their luck in a large up coming battle.

This film is the first part of a trilogy and to an extent it really does show but the story still holds together well even if it always feels like the first part of a larger story. The plot deals with the central characters transformation from an animal to starting on the road to becoming a man. With plenty of decent action and set pieces this is a good watch.


4/5

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