Member legendarycurry Posted February 18, 2019 Member Share Posted February 18, 2019 I find him just as interesting as Musashi but I cant seem to find any films centered on him as a character. Any recommendations,sites to get DVDs or anything else Kojiro related is appreciated. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Shosetsu Posted February 18, 2019 Member Share Posted February 18, 2019 Point well-taken about Kojiro. Because in the Musashi films, Kojiro gets as much attention as Musashi. To answer your question, yes, I remember seeing a film where the Main character was Kojiro but I don't remember the title or the actor. Although Kojiro is so well known for his extra long sword, there is also another Swordsman that hardly anyone knows about, who also used a long-type weapon, a bamboo lance. His name was Takada Matabei, and he fought Musashi too. The Takada technique reminds me of the other technique, Satsuma Jigen-ryu which combined both sword technique and spear technique into a single one. In other words, the right hand holds the sword-handle but the left arm out-stretches so that the left hand holds the blade by its tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member odioustrident Posted February 18, 2019 Member Share Posted February 18, 2019 Sasaki Kojiro - 1950 Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut - 1961 (great film! well written) Kojiro - 1967 There is a sequel to the 1967 Kojiro film as well. I think one of these two films features a duel with a spearman. Did Kojiro face a Chinese swordsman at some point? I saw something about this somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Shosetsu Posted February 23, 2019 Member Share Posted February 23, 2019 On 2/18/2019 at 11:27 AM, odioustrident said: Sasaki Kojiro - 1950 Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut - 1961 (great film! well written) Kojiro - 1967 There is a sequel to the 1967 Kojiro film as well. I think one of these two films features a duel with a spearman. Did Kojiro face a Chinese swordsman at some point? I saw something about this somewhere. No, I don't know about Kojiro facing off against a Chinese Swordsman. All I know is about a Chinese swordsman going up against Musashi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member NoKUNGFUforYU Posted February 23, 2019 Member Share Posted February 23, 2019 Sasaki Kojiro (Hiroshi Inagaki, 1967) DVD5 NTSC Kojiro (1967) Sasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with the supreme master of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi (Tatsuya Nakadai). Oscar winning Hiroshi Inagaki directs this epic motion picture based on... IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 (44 votes) tt0061874 312102 Released: 01 Apr 1967 (51 years ago) Runtime: 151 Mins Countries: Japan Languages: Japanese Directed By: Hiroshi Inagaki Susumu Kodama Actors: Kikunosuke Onoe Yôko Tsukasa Yuriko Hoshi Keiko Sawai Mayumi Ôzora Aiko Mimasu Tadao Nakamaru Yoshio Tsuchiya Chûsha Ichikawa Akihiko Hirata Masao Shimizu Susumu Fujita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member legendarycurry Posted February 24, 2019 Author Member Share Posted February 24, 2019 On 2/18/2019 at 10:27 PM, odioustrident said: Sasaki Kojiro - 1950 Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut - 1961 (great film! well written) Kojiro - 1967 There is a sequel to the 1967 Kojiro film as well. I think one of these two films features a duel with a spearman. Did Kojiro face a Chinese swordsman at some point? I saw something about this somewhere. Thank you! Sorry I didn't get a notification that anyone posted in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member legendarycurry Posted February 24, 2019 Author Member Share Posted February 24, 2019 On 2/18/2019 at 9:01 PM, Shosetsu said: Point well-taken about Kojiro. Because in the Musashi films, Kojiro gets as much attention as Musashi. To answer your question, yes, I remember seeing a film where the Main character was Kojiro but I don't remember the title or the actor. Although Kojiro is so well known for his extra long sword, there is also another Swordsman that hardly anyone knows about, who also used a long-type weapon, a bamboo lance. His name was Takada Matabei, and he fought Musashi too. The Takada technique reminds me of the other technique, Satsuma Jigen-ryu which combined both sword technique and spear technique into a single one. In other words, the right hand holds the sword-handle but the left arm out-stretches so that the left hand holds the blade by its tip. Yamada Matabei sounds very interesting too! I have seen and own the Toshiro Mifune Musashi trilogy and Kojiro is naturally a major part of Duel at Ganry Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member legendarycurry Posted February 24, 2019 Author Member Share Posted February 24, 2019 22 hours ago, NoKUNGFUforYU said: Sasaki Kojiro (Hiroshi Inagaki, 1967) DVD5 NTSC Kojiro (1967) Sasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with the supreme master of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi (Tatsuya Nakadai). Oscar winning Hiroshi Inagaki directs this epic motion picture based on... IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 (44 votes) tt0061874 312102 Released: 01 Apr 1967 (51 years ago) Runtime: 151 Mins Countries: Japan Languages: Japanese Directed By: Hiroshi Inagaki Susumu Kodama Actors: Kikunosuke Onoe Yôko Tsukasa Yuriko Hoshi Keiko Sawai Mayumi Ôzora Aiko Mimasu Tadao Nakamaru Yoshio Tsuchiya Chûsha Ichikawa Akihiko Hirata Masao Shimizu Susumu Fujita Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member NoKUNGFUforYU Posted February 24, 2019 Member Share Posted February 24, 2019 Someone made a custom of it with English subs as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Shosetsu Posted February 26, 2019 Member Share Posted February 26, 2019 On 2/24/2019 at 11:28 AM, legendarycurry said: Yamada Matabei sounds very interesting too! No, not Yamada but Takada. Takada Matabei. Expert at yarijitsu (spear). I would rank his prowess as high as Kojiro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member legendarycurry Posted March 2, 2019 Author Member Share Posted March 2, 2019 On 2/26/2019 at 2:29 AM, Shosetsu said: No, not Yamada but Takada. Takada Matabei. Expert at yarijitsu (spear). I would rank his prowess as high as Kojiro. I see, my mistake. Does sound interesting indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member legendarycurry Posted March 2, 2019 Author Member Share Posted March 2, 2019 On 2/25/2019 at 12:04 AM, NoKUNGFUforYU said: Someone made a custom of it with English subs as well Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Shosetsu Posted March 2, 2019 Member Share Posted March 2, 2019 To add some more about Takada Matabei, he also appeared in a TV series about Musashi. I don't remember the name of the actor who played Takada because there have been so many TV shows about Musashi. Does anybody here have a list of all the Musashi TV shows? We already have a list about the theatrical movies but how about all the TV shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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