Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
Produced by TOHO
A meditative samurai drama exploring honor, skill, and the lonely cost of mastery through deliberate confrontation and philosophical combat.
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.
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