Musashibo Benkei

Overview

A 1942 Jidaigeki by the veteran jidaigeki filmmaker Kunio Watanabe about the legendary warrior Musashibo Benkei with Hideko Takamine portraying Minamoto no Yoshitsune (who is, of course, a man). The film climaxes in the famous encounter/fight btw Benkei and Yoshitsune at the Gojo Bridge.

Cast

Joji Oka

Isuzu Yamada

Hideko Takamine

Masaru Kodaka

Yataro Kurokawa

Kokuten Kōdō

Yoshio Kosugi

Yōji Misaki