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Musashibo Benkei

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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.

DirectorKunio Watanabe
WriterYoshitake Hisa

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Cast · Directed by Kunio Watanabe

JOJoji Oka
Joji Oka
IYIsuzu Yamada
Isuzu Yamada
HTHideko Takamine
Hideko Takamine
MK
Masaru Kodaka
YKYataro Kurokawa
Yataro Kurokawa
KKKokuten Kōdō
Kokuten Kōdō
YKYoshio Kosugi
Yoshio Kosugi
YM
Yōji Misaki

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Musashibo Benkei hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around February 25, 1942. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.