
Miyamoto Musashi
In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly auspicious. He sides with the Toyotomi at Sekigahara, and as a result finds himself on the losing side of the historic battle. He and his friend Matahachi manage to escape the slaughter although the latter is wounded in his leg. They stumble across the young Akemi who makes her living with her mother Oko by robbing corpses of their armor and anything else they can sell. Oko takes it into her head to seduce Matahachi, which she does first by skillfully sucking the gangrene from his blood, and then just by sucking.
Top Billed Cast

Kinnosuke Nakamura
Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)

Akiko Kazami
Ogin

Wakaba Irie
Otsu

Isao Kimura
Hon'iden Matahachi

Chieko Naniwa
Osugi
Featured Crew
Naoyuki Suzuki
Writer

Masashige Narusawa
Writer

Eiji Yoshikawa
Novel

Tomu Uchida
Director

Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Hiroo Nozu
Sound
Kimiharu Tsujino
Production Design
Masanobu Hayashi
Makeup Artist
Ryôsaku Nemoto
Production Manager
Gô Mikami
Costume Design
Makoto Tsuboi
Director of Photography
Takatoshi Suzuki
Art Direction