We're never quite sure if Musashi takes this lesson to heart, particularly since he's so keen to maintain an impenetrable outer facade in almost every situation. In this second part the direction is solidified. It makes the movie often exciting to watch, as does the overall look for the movie. Was this review helpful? Not to mention it often takes away energy from some of the action scenes.Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple is the second part of the so-called Samurai trilogy by Inagaki Hiroshi about legendary historical figure Miyamoto Musashi who was a highly accomplished samurai who wasn't only a great fighter but also an intellectual philosopher and a skilled artist. 0 out of 0 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Was this review helpful?
Daisuke Kato, who regularly starred in Mifune's movies, is in this. It was the same conflict as comic books some few years earlier. 21 out of 38 found this helpful. The first film, titled simply "Musashi Miyamoto," introduces us to the characters of this and the third film.
The follow-up to 1954's excellent Musashi Miyamoto, Duel at Ichijoji Temple picks up the story several years later, as an exiled orphan-turned-swordsman gains notoriety via a bloody tour of fatal duels.
7 out of 17 found this helpful. Hiroshi Inagaki's 1954-1956 three part color film, The Samurai Trilogy, is unlike many filmic trilogies for the very fact that it is, indeed, one exactly five hour long film, and not three separate linked films, for the first two films have no real endings. Tolkien's book is often printed in three separate volumes, but it is one work. 0 out of 1 found this helpful. The second installment opens up with a duel. 16 out of 21 found this helpful. Samurai Trilogy Part 2: Duel at Ichijoji Temple ... but I would watch a Toshiro Mifune samurai film if he only used his katana to chop vegetables for a salad. It lacks the gumption of its predecessor, however, and too often cuts away just as the action is getting good. Although this is a samurai movie, story is far more than just sword fights. In the previous episode, with the fires of young-adulthood to toy with, he excelled. The tale of Myamoto Musashi - thief, lover, rogue, then warrior, hero and master - is enshrined in Japanese culture, perfect showcase material as it were. 6 out of 8 found this helpful. Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple belgie Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple kijk gratis films met belgië nederland ondertitels. 1 out of 6 found this helpful. In this way it has much in common with The Lord Of The Rings trilogy. Musashi arrives at a sight early at dawn and encounters a stubborn young child. My view of this early Musashi trilogy is strongly coloured by the far-superior 1960's series of five. But I have watched Samurai 2: Ichijôji no kettô twice now, and I just can't stomach it. The story seems to be based on the mystical Miyamoto Musashi, rather than a more realistic character. I enjoyed the first movie in the famous Samurai trilogy, but I was considerably less impressed with this middle film. The action is staged much better (with one caveat : see below), Mifune gets to be ferocious, as well as express a range of other emotions, including something close to love. It's a tricky role for period veteran Toshiro Mifune, who struggles with the more nuanced, flatter aspects of the character.
The issue is always a conflict between love and duty, and each deferment of gratification spells out a new step in the redefinition of the national character that is being mapped here. This second instalment corrected many of the problems of the first. 8 out of 19 found this helpful. This three part film is also derived from one singular literary work, from Eiji Yoshikawa's 1935 novel Musashi, loosely based upon the real life 17th Century Japanese folk hero, the samurai Musashi Miyamoto, who penned a classic book called The Book Of Five Rings. Musashi is set up to choose between the way of the sword or love for the girl Otsu, while having to face his nemesis, foreshadowed for the closing chapter. I've watched the entire trilogy of the Musashi Miyamoto films, of which this film is the second part. AKA: Duel at Ichijoji Temple, Musashi Miyamoto Sequel: Duel at Ichijoji Temple, Samurai 2: Duel at Ichijoji Temple Samurai 2: Ichijôji no kettô Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple, Samurai (Part II), Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijôji no kettô. It is the second part of the trilogy about Japan's most famous and arguably greatest swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, author of the book "Five rings". 3 out of 3 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Was this review helpful? Technicolor was a big deal back then, especially in Japan, and it became the issue on which my viewing of "swordfighting movies" was decided-- the ones in color were historical films worth viewing, and even had something to teach. Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple subtitles English. Was this review helpful? Musashi Miyamoto is perhaps the most famous swordsman in Japan.