

Musashibo Benkei
1942 Directed by Kunio WatanabeA 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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Joji Oka
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Isuzu Yamada
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Hideko Takamine
....................................................Masaru Kodaka
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Yataro Kurokawa
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Kokuten Kōdō
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Yoshio Kosugi
....................................................Director
...........................................................Kunio Watanabe
Writer
...........................................................Yoshitake Hisa
Music
...........................................................Ryōichi Hattori
Director of Photography
...........................................................Tatsuo Tomonari
Art Direction
...........................................................Kôhei Shima
Production Companies
...................................................Toho Eiga Co., Ltd.
Production Countries
........................................................Japan
Spoken Languages
....................................................日本語
Genres
....................................................Drama
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