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 | | Product Name: | SOREKARA NO MUSASHI - 1996 TV Drama Series | | Our Price: | $41.95 | | Availability: | In Stock | | Product Number: | pn-320434 | | Product Weight: | 0.6 lb. | | Rating: |   |
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| SOREKARA NO MUSASHI - The Further Adventures Of Miyamoto Musashi
Starring: Kinya Kitaoji
The story of Musashi Miyamoto is one of the most famous and often filmed sagas in Japanese film and television history. Almost every production is based upon Eiji Yoshikawa's monumental MUSASHI novel and starts with Musashi fighting in the famous Battle of Sekigara in 1600 and ends with the equally famous duel at Ganryu Island in 1612.
SOREKARA NO MUSASHI (literally "And Then...Musashi") basically picks up where Eiji Yoshikawa's novel ends and tells the story of what happened afterwards.
There are some differences between the world created by Eiji Yoshikawa and the one created in SOREKARA NO MUSASHI, especially in the names of the characters that surround Musashi. It is unclear as to why the names of the characters were changed (perhaps Eiji Yoshikawa "owned" these characters), but it is not difficult to tell who is who. Musashi's long suffering love Otsu in "MUSASHI" is called Oko in "SOREKARA NO MUSASHI". Similarly, Kojiro's lover Omitsu becomes Orin and Musashi's pupil Jotaro becomes Genta.
There have been 4 SOREKARA NO MUSASHI Television productions. The first was a weekly ½ hour TV series which ran for 52 episodes from 1964.03.23 to 1965.04.12. It starred Ryunosuke Tsukigata. The second was an 11 hour mini-series that ran in 5 parts all airing on 1981.01.02. It starred Kinnosuke Yorozuya (formerly known as Kinnosuke Nakamura).
The most recent production was 2003 NHK TV series with 49 episodes. To which this section is dedicated was the third series entitled TOKUGAWA KENGO-DEN SOREKARA NO MUSASHI. The equivalent English title would be "Further Tales of Musashi". This is the KIKU TV subtitled 13 episode 1996 TV miniseries based on the book by Katsukiro Kouyama. It starred Kinya Kitaoji and like it's predecessor originally aired as a mini-series. This latest production differed slightly from the 1981 production in that it incorported the Yagyu clan into the proceedings, something which added greater excitement and drama to the story. With an perfect blend of drama and action, this 1996 SOREKARA NO MUSASHI mini-series makes an EXCELLENT sequel to Eiji Yoshikawa's magnificent saga. One of the best samurai TV-series out there!
TV Broadcast Quality
This series of 13 episodes are on 7 Disc. Color Fullscreen. Japanese language with English subtitles.
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