After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers.

Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo

Kojiro Sasaki

Otsu

Akemi

Lady Yoshino

Seijuro Yoshioka

Oko

Matahachi Honiden

Denshichiro Yoshioka

Kogure

Osugi

Baiken Shishido

Yoshioka samurai

(uncredited)

(uncredited)
July 12, 1955

Musashi Miyamoto a.k.a. Takezo

Kojiro Sasaki

Otsu

Akemi

Lady Yoshino

Seijuro Yoshioka

Oko

Matahachi Honiden

Denshichiro Yoshioka

Kogure

Osugi

Baiken Shishido

Yoshioka samurai

(uncredited)

(uncredited)

