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Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) (Criterion)
.....aka: Miyamoto Musashi kanketsuhen - kettô Ganryûjima (original japanese title)

Director: Hiroshi Inagaki

Seasoned warrior Musashi Miyamoto (Toshiro Mifune)
must face off against his archrival, the young ambitious samurai
Kojiro (Koji Tsurata), in this third and arguably best installment
of director Hiroshi Inagaki's classic samurai trilogy.
Fight highlights include a duel between the lance and wooden staff,
as well as a matchup between an unarmed Musashi and three bandits.
Kaoru Yachigusa and Mariko Okada co-star as the women in Musashi's life.