Miyamoto was a complex figure, which the Toho trilogy gets right. He is played by Japanese legend Toshiro Mifune, who starts Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto with the name Tazeko, before earning his ...

Samurai II picks up where the first film left off; Takezo, now Miyamoto Musashi (Toshiro Mifune) has been released by the priest and is clearly more disciplined after having absorbed his teaching.

Sublimation’s Shinya Sugai will also be involved and Musashi Miyamoto, who looks to be the main character, will be modeled after Toshiro Mifune. Miyamoto didn’t figure into the main Onimusha ...

The Samurai Trilogy excels in several aspects. First and foremost, Toshiro Mifune may be the single best actor who ever lived. Sure, he was typecast, but he was great in his roles. There is a huge ...

Any discussion of the film should of course start with the immortal Toshiro Mifune, who is in great form here, whether riding a horse, brandishing a sword, or tied and hung up in a tree, kicking his ...

I watched the first part of the Musashi Miyamoto trilogy, dubbed simply Samurai 1 on the ... particularly with the romance between Takezo/Musashi (Toshiro Mifune) and Otsu (Kaoru Yachigusa). This ...

In a world obsessed with formulas and one-size-fits-all training regimens, Musashi reminds us that mastery is personal. There is no singular blueprint for greatness. Some thrive on high volume.