Samurai Trilogy 1: Musashi Miyamoto

Hiroshi Inagaki's acclaimed Samurai Trilogy is based on the novel has been called Japan's Gone with the Wind.This sweeping saga of the legendary seventeenth-century samurai Musashi Miyamoto (powerfully portrayed by Toshiro Mifune) plays out against the turmoil of a devastating civil war.The Trilogy follows Mushashi's odyssey from unruly youth to enlightened warrior.In the first part, Musashi Miyamoto, the hero's dreams of military glory end in betrayal, defeat, and a fugitive lifestyle.But he is saved by a woman who loves him and a cunning priest who guides him to the samurai path.