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After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's fin...( read more 
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MCT:September 23, 2008
It starts kind of abruptly with Musashi Miyamoto dueling a guy with a chain and sickle. After he wins, a passing priest plants the idea in his head that he is too strong, that swordsmanship is about chivalry. Musashi spends most of the movie trying to challenge Seijuro, the head of a samurai school, which has fallen away from the samurai way and mostly consists of bandits. Multiple times he fights a group of this school's students who gang up on him instead of honoring his wishes to duel Seijuro one on one, always besting them. It's hard to see the fights as nearly all of them were shot in nearly complete darkness. He spends some time at a Geisha's house laying low, where the courtesan points out that his search for self-control has lead to a lack of affection. He also fights and kills Denshichiro, Seijuro's brother. Meanwhile, Otsu has still been waiting for Takezo/Musashi to return to her so they could begin a life together, but he now loves his sword more than her. Matahachi has become even more pitifully weak, sitting around singing sad songs and moping, but still trying to fool himself that he is a samurai. Oko has furthered an affair with a bandit from Seijuro's school, who we briefly met in the first part of the trilogy. These two schemers try to force Akemi, Oko's daughter, into a relationship with Seijuro. It has now become unclear who Akemi's father is, Matahachi, Takezo, or the bandit. Either way, Akemi has heard some stories of Takezo, probably from her mother or maybe folk tales, and now believes that she is in love with him. She begins to take after her mother quite a bit. Several characters don't appear anymore after this part of the story: Matahachi, Matahachi's parents, Oko, her bandit boyfriend, or the priest Takuan. The final main character to make an appearance in this part is Kojiro, who is a young samurai building quite a reputation with a new style of fighting. He works with Seijuro and is in favor of upsetting Musashi from his position as the greatest samurai, then when he sees Seijuro's students' lack of honor he becomes a sort of mediator, and finally, dragging Akemi along while watching from a distance, lets Musashi leave with the assurance that they will face each other later.
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MCT:February 10, 2008Quite well done, though loses a bit for me, having read the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa, that this trilogy was based on. To have truly done the translation justice, it should have been more like six or seven movies. IMHO. Not bad by ANY MEANS, but as a fan of the novel, I could have asked for more detail, less of a rushed synopsis.
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MCT:January 18, 2008
This 1955 film starring Toshirô Mifune as Musashi is the second film of the Samurai Trilogy. In this installment we see our hero kick but on a a samurai armed with a chain-and-sickle. Later he battles eighty samurai disciples. Cool story that boils down to honor and loyalty and essentially kicking ass to impress your lady.
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MCT:August 5, 2007
While it is the lesser of the trilogy, SAMURAI 2 is still a fine example of Japanese drama translated to film. Mifune is as powerful as ever and Inagaki's direction is strong and steady, as always.
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MCT:February 24, 2007"You lack affection." - This plays out like one long special episode of a soap opera, but with lots of fighting; which works for me. I don't really care for the subplot with Matahachi, there's really no point; he doesn't even show up in the next film! Besides that, it's a decent flick. - "I have renounced the love of women."
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MCT:January 3, 2007
The second chapter of the epic trilogy about the greatest samurai that ever lived: Miyamoto Musashi.
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MCT:December 7, 2006
More dramatic than its prequel, Samurai II kicks up the action a notch. Still dialogue-heavy, but fight scenes are more numerous. The climax almost catches the feel of the original story's, albeit a little toned down. Worthy as a sequel.
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MCT:November 23, 2006part two of the legendary samurai trilogy lives up to its predecessor and then some, the character development is immensely enriched, a well-thought premise and great visuals makes for a superb picture
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