Musashi

Alternative Title: 武蔵
Cast: Matsuoka Masahiro,Miyazawa Rie,Nakai Kiichi,Tsutsumi Shinichi,Yonekura Ryoko
Category: Japanese Drama
Release: January 10, 2003
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Number of episodes: 49
Added: May 1, 2011
Status: Complete
Description:
In 2003, the story of this legendary swordsman-philosopher-painter comes to life in the NHK Taiga Drama MUSASHI. Based on the famous biography written by Yoshikawa Eiji, this taiga drama boasts a list of stars that reads like a Who's Who of screen and television. Orphaned before he was ten years old, Musashi (his real name is Takezo, so you'll hear his childhood friends call him by that name) grows up skilled in the martial arts. During the Battle of Sekigahara, he fights on the side of the losing Toyotomi forces, but eludes the enemy as they hunt down the vanquished soldiers. He then spends years wandering the countryside mastering the sword, becoming a stronger samurai. As his fame spreads throughout the nation, men seek him out to test their skills against him--most notably Sasaki Kojiro who faces Musashi in the ultimate Duel at Ganryujima.