Musashibo Benkei
武蔵坊辨慶
★ 9.0·1942·1h 27min·Drama and History
Overview
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.
- Director
- Kunio Watanabe
- Original language
- Japanese
- Status
- Released (Jan 7, 1942)
