Musashibo Benkei
- Movies
- 1942-01-07
- JA
- Released
- 1h 27m
- JP
- Drama - History
Production
Toho Eiga Co., Ltd.
Storyline
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.