Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
A retired ronin is forced to confront his violent past when a vengeful swordsman challenges him to a deadly duel on a stormy island.
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A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant.
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Edited by Koichi IwashitaShot by Kazuo YamadaScored by Ikuma DanDesigned by Kisaku Ito
Also known as
- Bushidode
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Islandde
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Islanden
- La Voie de la lumièrefr
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Cast & Crew
54 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Toshiro Mifune
as Musashi Miyamoto (Takezo)
Mariko Okada
as Akemi
Koji Tsuruta
as Kojiro Sasaki
Kaoru Yachigusa
as Otsu
Michiko Saga
as Omitsu
Kuroemon Onoe
as Priest Takuan
Takashi Shimura
as Sado Nagaoka the court official
Minoru Chiaki
as Sasuke the boatman
Takamaru Sasaki
as Omitsu's father
Daisuke Kato
as Toji Gion
Haruo Tanaka
as Kumagoro the horse thief
Keiichiro Katsumoto
as (uncredited)
Supporting cast
33Shiro Tsuchiya
as (uncredited)
Masao Masuda
as (uncredited)
Yu Agetsu
as (uncredited)
Senkichi Omura
as (uncredited)
Shoichi Hirose
as (uncredited)
Kenjin Iida
as Jotaro (uncredited)
Mitsuko Mito
as Oko (uncredited)
Sachio Sakai
as Matahachi Honiden (uncredited)
Eijiro Tono
as Baiken Shishido (uncredited)
Kokuten Kodo
as Old Priest Nikkan (uncredited)
Haruo Nakajima
as (uncredited)
Etsuo Saijo
as (uncredited)
Kichijiro Ueda
as Priest Ogon
Ikio Sawamura
as Innkeeper (uncredited)
Nakajiro Tomita
as (uncredited)
Sonosuke Sawamura
as (uncredited)
Michiyo Kogure
as Yoshino (uncredited)
Akihiko Hirata
as Seijuro Yoshioka (uncredited)
Minosuke Yamada
as (uncredited)
Soji Kiyokawa
as (uncredited)
Masako Sakurai
as (uncredited)
Yutaka Oka
as (uncredited)
Tominosuke Hayama
as (uncredited)
Kumeko Otowa
as (uncredited)
Yaeko Izumo
as (uncredited)
Noriko Honma
as (uncredited)
Tateo Kawasaki
as (uncredited)
Fumindo Matsuo
as (uncredited)
Ren Yamamoto
as (uncredited)
Fuminori Ohashi
as (uncredited)
Haruko Toyama
as (uncredited)
Hideo Shibuya
as (uncredited)
Katsumi Tezuka
as (uncredited)
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1Other crew
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