Musashibo Benkei

Drama · 1942

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.

Starring

Kunio Watanabe, Ryôichi Hattori, Joji Oka, Yoshitake Hisa, Isuzu Yamada, Tatsuo Tomonari, Hideko Takamine, Masaru Kodaka, Kôhei Shima

Director

Kunio Watanabe