Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

About Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader.

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island is a 1956 history romance film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. Toshirō Mifune takes the lead as Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo, Koji Tsuruta as Kojiro Sasaki, Kaoru Yachigusa as Otsu, and Mariko Okada as Akemi.

It runs 105 minutes and was released in January 1956. Written by Hiroshi Inagaki and Tokuhei Wakao.

Shelv files it under village, sword fight, samurai, and jidaigeki. In the United States it streams on Criterion Channel, HBO Max, and HBO Max Amazon Channel. It scores 7.2 out of 10 from 144 TMDB voters.

13 Assassins, Ondanondu Kaladalli, and Seven Samurai make useful companions to Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island, all filed under edo period and katana.