Director Mikami Yasuo is heading back to the big screen this summer with jidaigeki piece, Musashi, opening in Japan theaters in May from ARK Entertainment. The official trailer is now online featuring actor Hosoda Yoshihiko in the lead for the epic sword drama about the legendary swordsman and his fated duel with rivaling Sasaki Kojiro, played by Matsudaira Ken.
When it comes to the posterity of real world legends and icons in film, I suppose the possibilities are near endless. Such may be the case for the titular legendary samurai iterated in director Mikami Yasuo’s new chanbara drama, Musashi.
Looks like we’re going Japanese as of Thursday as we wrap up week three of four in counting down through 100 movie titles to keep an eye on in 2019. It’s been a pace of five-a-day (hence the title, and so here are five more!
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