Musashi

2009 3h 33m JA

Synopsis

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Musashi is a play by Hisashi Inoue. It is set six years after the Ganryujima duel, when Musashi Miyamoto and Kojiro Sasaki are reunited at a Zen temple in Kamakura.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Tatsuya Fujiwara
Shun Oguri

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yukio Ninagawa
Languages: Japanese

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RUNTIME

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At 213 minutes, this is a three-hour-plus commitment — longer than 95% of films ever made.

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ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Tatsuya Fujiwara and Shun Oguri carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Yukio Ninagawa directs. A long sit — settle in. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1At 213 minutes, this is a three-hour-plus commitment — longer than 95% of films ever made.
2Released 17 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Tatsuya Fujiwara and Shun Oguri carry the top of the cast.