Musashibo Benkei

Original title: 武蔵坊辨慶

1942 ★ 9.0 87 min IMDb Japanese Kunio Watanabe

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.

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