Musashibo Benkei

Movie · 1h 27m

Starring Joji Oka, Isuzu Yamada, Hideko Takamine, Masaru Kodaka

A 1942 Jidaigeki by the veteran jidaigeki filmmaker Kunio Watanabe about the legendary warrior Musashibo Benkei with Hideko Takamine portraying Minamoto no Yoshitsune (who is, of course, a man). The film climaxes in the famous encounter/fight btw Benkei and Yoshitsune at the Gojo Bridge.