Musashibo Benkei

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.

• Kunio WatanabeDirector
• Yoshitake HisaWriter

• Joji OkaCast
• Isuzu YamadaCast
• Hideko TakamineCast
• Masaru KodakaCast
• Yataro KurokawaCast
• Kokuten KōdōCast
• Yoshio KosugiCast
• Yōji MisakiCast