Musashibo Benkei backdrop

Musashibo Benkei

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.

Release Date: January 07, 1942

Status: Released

Genres:

Drama

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Cast

Joji Oka

Joji Oka

Isuzu Yamada

Isuzu Yamada

Hideko Takamine

Hideko Takamine

Masaru Kodaka

Yataro Kurokawa

Yataro Kurokawa

Kokuten Kōdō

Kokuten Kōdō

Yoshio Kosugi

Yoshio Kosugi

Yōji Misaki