
Musashibo Benkei
Genre: Drama | HistoryRuntime: 1h 27mRelease: 7th January, 1942Plot: 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.
Company: Toho Eiga



