
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.
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Kunio Watanabe
Director

Yoshitake Hisa
Writer

Ryōichi Hattori
Music
Tatsuo Tomonari
Director of Photography
Kôhei Shima
Art Direction