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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) (Criterion)
.....aka: Zoku Miyamoto Musashi - Ichijôji no kettô (original japanese title)

Director: Hiroshi Inagaki

Valiant 17th century samurai Musashi Miyamoto
(Toshirô Mifune) finds himself enveloped in conflict: From a
rivalry with a martial-arts school to a love triangle with
two beautiful women (Kaoru Yachigusa and Mariko Okada).
But nothing, not even an against-all-odds battle with 80 swordsmen,
can shake his courage. The film is the second part of the acclaimed trilogy.