
In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly auspicious. He sides with the Toyotomi at Sekigahara, and as a result finds himself on the losing side of the historic battle. He and his friend Matahachi manage to escape the slaughter although the latter is wounded in his leg. They stumble across the young Akemi who makes her living with her mother Oko by robbing corpses of their armor and anything else they can sell. Oko takes it into her head to seduce Matahachi, which she does first by skillfully sucking the gangrene from his blood, and then just by sucking.
Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura
Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)

Akiko Kazami
Ogin

Wakaba Irie
Otsu

Isao Kimura
Hon'iden Matahachi

Chieko Naniwa
Osugi

Kusuo Abe
Fuchikawa Goroku

Rentaro Mikuni
Muneaki Takuan
Tokubei Hanazawa
Tanzaemon Aoki
Bandō Mitsugorō VIII
Terumasa Ikeda

Michiyo Kogure
Oko

Satomi Oka
Akemi

Kunio Kaga
Tsuji Kaze Ten Ma

Seiji Miyaguchi
Bamboo craftsman Kisuke

Harue Akagi
Kisuke's wife
Shojiro Ogasawara
Shichiho temple monk
Shirō Osaki
Hon'iden's relative
Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Village man

Koji Arima
Village man
Noboru Umezawa
Village man
Hanzō Kataoka
Village man
Mitsuo Asano
Yamabushi
Shinichi Hamada
Villager

Kensaku Haruji
Villager
Hiroshi Hatano
Unknown
Mitsukazu Kawamura
Border Inspector
Takeshi Kurobe
A ghost
Hachirō Minamoto
Villager
Ryuichi Nagashima
Unknown

Kinji Nakamura
Villager
Katsuyoshi Noma
Unknown

Tsuyako Okajima
Unknown

Akira Shioji
A Ghost
Kinya Suzuki
Border Inspector

Kinjirô Tooyama
Unknown
Yujiro Omi
Unknown
Kazuko Ōura
Villager

Yukio Miyagi
A Ghost
Katsuya Ishimaru
Unknown
Crew

Tomu Uchida
Director

Masashige Narusawa
Writer
Naoyuki Suzuki
Writer

Eiji Yoshikawa
Novel
Shintarō Miyamoto
Editor
Makoto Tsuboi
Director of Photography
Hiroshi Okawa
Executive Producer
Takaya Ogawa
Production Design
Kimiharu Tsujino
Production Design
Gô Mikami
Costume Design
Ayako Sakurai
Hairstylist
Masanobu Hayashi
Makeup Artist
Hiroo Nozu
Sound

Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Toshio Miyagawa
Set Decoration
Mineo Kamiwa
Set Designer
Hiroshi Watada
Gaffer
Ryôsaku Nemoto
Production Manager
Takatoshi Suzuki
Art Direction
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