ZEN & SWORD: The Miyamoto Musashi Saga at Toei (Masters

ZEN & SWORD: The Miyamoto Musashi Saga at Toei (Masters of Cinema) Limited Edition Three-disc Blu-ray

ZEN & SWORD: The Miyamoto Musashi Saga at Toei (Masters of Cinema) Limited Edition Three-disc Blu-ray

A swordsman, writer and artist who lived between 1584 and 1645, Miyamoto Musashi is a near-mythic figure in Japanese history and an icon of Japanese popular culture. The first film based on his life was produced in the silent period, followed by dozens more made over the next decades. In the early 1960s, Toei launched into an entire series focused on the legendary samurai – a five-part saga adapted from the works of Eiji Yoshikawa and completed under the direction of Tomu Uchida between 1961 and 1965.

Miyamoto Musashicharts the origins of the eponymous swordsman (Kinnosuke Nakamura) following his participation in the Battle of Sekigahara and traces his path towards the way of the samurai. In Miyamoto Musashi II: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights, Musashi emerges from a period of learning and contemplation, soon coming into conflict with a rogue group of ronin. Then, in Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of the Two Sword Style, the samurai develops his personal style of swordsmanship and first encounters Kojiro Sasaki (Ken Takakura), who will become his arch-rival. His feud with Sasaki intensifies in Miyamoto Musashi IV: Duel at Ichijyo-ji and Miyamoto Musashi V: Duel at Ganryu Island, ultimately leading to an epic final battle.

A greatly accomplished samurai saga featuring two titans of Japanese cinema in Kinnosuke Nakamura and Ken Takakura, Toei’s Miyamoto Musashi films deserve to stand with the Zatoichi series as one of the great samurai sagas of the 1960s. The Masters of Cinema Series is honoured to present all five films on Blu-ray from new 4K restorations by Toei.

LIMITED EDITION THREE-DISC BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • Limited edition of 2,000 copies
  • Limited edition hardbound slipcase featuring new art by John Dunn
  • 1080p HD presentations on Blu-ray from new 4K restorations by Toei
  • Optional English subtitles, newly revised for this release
  • New audio commentary on Miyamoto Musashi with Japanese cinema expert Jonathan Wroot
  • New audio commentary on Miyamoto Musashi II: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights with critic and Japanese cinema specialist Jasper Sharp
  • Live by the Sword – new video essay on Miyamoto Musashi in history and popular culture by Jonathan Clements, author of A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shōgun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun
  • A Legendary Swordsman – new appreciation of Toei’s Miyamoto Musashi saga by film critic Tony Rayns
  • On Otsu and Other Women – new interview with Japanese cinema scholar Jennifer Coates on female representation in Toei’s Miyamoto Musashi saga
  • Package design by John Dunn
  • Trailers
  • Limited edition 100-page collector’s book featuring translated writing by Miyamoto Musashi, notes on each film in Toei’s Musashi series by Japanese cinema expert Joe Hickinbottom and a new essay on the films’ stars by Jennifer Coates, author of Film Viewing in Postwar Japan, 1945-1968

* All extras subject to change

PRESS

“Filled with action, intrigue and well-placed drama, the life of Musashi Miyamoto was a fascinating one, and these movies are worth your time in order to discover that life for yourself” – Inside Pulse

“This is a film series that samurai film fans simply cannot miss”– CineGeek

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