Musashibo Benkei

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.

Director: Kunio Watanabe

Cast: Joji Oka, Isuzu Yamada, Hideko Takamine, Masaru Kodaka, Yataro Kurokawa, Kokuten Kōdō, Yoshio Kosugi, Yōji Misaki

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.