Rent Miyamoto Musashi II: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights / Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of the Two Sword Style (1963)
3.7 of 5 from 45 ratings
3h 31min
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- Synopsis:
A swordsman, writer and artist who lived between 1584 and 1645, Miyamoto Musashi is a near-mythic figure in Japanese history and an icon of Japanese popular culture.
Miyamoto Musashi II: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (1962)
The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle after three years of intense contemplation and philosophical study and starting on his epic quest to complete his skill in the Way.
Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of the Two Sword Style (1963)In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle, where Miyamoto continues on a mission of learning; with the introduction of his arch-rival Sasaki Kojiro; and lastly the large cast of characters rendezvouses for a fateful finale. - Actors:
- Kinnosuke Nakamura, Wakaba Irie, Isao Kimura, Chieko Naniwa, Kusuo Abe, Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Kogure, Satomi Oka, Takamaru Sasaki, Shinjirô Ehara, Chôichirô Kawarasaki, Hiroshi Minami, Ryôsuke Kagawa, Kazutarô Kuni, Mitsuru Takeuchi, Masao Hori, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata, Kinji Nakamura, Chieko Murata, Tokinosuke Nakamura
- Directors:
- Tomu Uchida
- Producers:
- Hiroshi Ohkawa
- Writers:
- Naoyuki Suzuki, Tomu Uchida, Eiji Yoshikawa
- Aka:
- Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (Miyamoto Musashi II: Duel at Hannya Hill / Miyamoto Musashi: Hannyazaka no kettô) // Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of the Nito-ryu Style (Miyamoto Musas
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
- Countries:
- Japan
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- Release Date:
- 23/02/2026
- Run Time:
- 211 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New audio commentary on 'Miyamoto Musashi II: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights' with critic and Japanese cinema specialist Jasper Sharp
- Live by the Sword - new video essay on Miyamoto Musashi in history and popular culture by Jonathan Clements, author of A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun
- A Legendary Swordsman - new appreciation of Toei's Miyamoto Musashi saga by film critic Tony Rayns
- On Otsu and Other Women - new interview with Japanese cinema scholar Jennifer Coates on female representation in Toei's Miyamoto Musashi saga
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