Miyamoto Musashi (1984) - Duel at Ganryu Island

Episode 45: The final showdown between Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro. Musashi tells Kojiro, "You just threw your life away", referring to Kojiro's scabbard. From the 1984 NHK TV series starring Koji Yakusho and based on the book by Eiji Yoshikawa.

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• Miyamoto
• Musashi
• samurai
• sword

[Monkgangsta]

He used the sun, Musashi is really smart

[nofxlabate]

thanks for posting this! awesome job

[Doggzxxx]

@Hoplite301 hour of the dragon is between 7am and 9am which is when he was expefcted

[darksephiroth3]

@Monkgangsta a true samurai must be able to use the eniviroment to his advantage in a fight.

[Hoplite301]

He actually showed up after sunset(the Hour of the Dragon) to enrage kijoro.  He was so mad that he through down his sai/scabbard and let his emotions get in his way. Musashi won before he arrived.

[atticus68]

@Monkgangsta search on amazon, they have a ton of copies for really cheap. I got a copy for 7 bucks, including shipping

[Monkgangsta]

@ssj4Benku I want to read that. I couldn't find it

[ssj4Benku]

@Monkgangsta I bought his book, The Book of Five Rings, and it tells you to use the sun, the book is o amazing it is my martial arts Bible

[jolebossjg]

The camera plan at 0.54 is perfect and the way of the victory is so classical but so perfect too...^^

[Symbolc0729]

i really dont like what they did with the musashi character. they made him so much more dramatic then the guy from the book and the whole thing with him getting weepy over killing the boy doesnt seem right either.

[JourneyMonkey]

anyone know where i can buy this with english subtitles? awesome soundtrack!

[KoRStriderPhoenix]

Sasaki Kojiro was also a intelligent man. He was both repspected and feared by many men. Both swordsmen were truly legends. Musashi just had the upper hand and was crafty in his surroundings.