| Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple | |
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| Directed by | Hiroshi Inagaki Jun Fukuda (assistant director) |
| Written by | Hiroshi Inagaki Tokuhei Wakao |
| Based on | a novel by Eiji Yoshikawa and a play by Hideji Hōjō. |
| Produced by | Toho Kazuo Takimura (producer) Boku Morimoto (production manager) |
| Starring | Toshiro Mifune Kōji Tsuruta |
| Cinematography | Jun Yasumoto |
| Edited by | Hideshi Ohi |
| Music by | Ikuma Dan |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Toho Studios |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Duel at Ichijoji Temple (Japanese: 続宮本武蔵 一乗寺の決闘, Hepburn: Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no Kettō) is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki[1] starring Toshiro Mifune.[2][3] Shot in Eastmancolor, it is the second film of Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy.
The film is adapted from Eiji Yoshikawa's novel Musashi,[2] originally released as a serial in the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, between 1935 and 1939. The novel is loosely based on the life of the famous Japanese swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi.
The first part of the trilogy is Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) and the third is Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956).
The film's production designer was Kisaku Itō, the set decoration was made by Makoto Sono, the consultant of art department was Kisaku Itō, the sound technician was Chōshichirō Mikami, the lighting technician was Shigeru Mori, and the choreographers were Tokuho Azuma and Yoshio Sugino.[4]
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- ^ a b "続宮本武蔵 一乗寺の決闘". Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ "続宮本武蔵 一乗寺の決闘". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "資料室｜東宝Web Site". Archived from the original on 2013-12-29. Retrieved 2013-12-29.