Film
Musashibo Benkei
1942Directed by Kunio Watanabe
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- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
About Musashibo Benkei
- Drama
- History
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Kunio Watanabe
- Writer
- Yoshitake Hisa
- Original title
- 武蔵坊辨慶
