The commotion resulting from the battle in the street garners the attention of Miyamoto who is nearby in the city. In the large city of Edo in Japan, Sasaki kills multiple men in a battle in the street. The year ends as Miyamoto assists the villagers against a band of brigands. He's followed there by Otsu and later by Akemi, both in love with him. Miyamoto agrees to fight Sasaki in a year's time but rejects the Shogun's patronage, choosing instead to live on the edge of a village, raising vegetables. He is also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by the Shogun, Japan's de facto leader. Miyamoto abandons his life as a knight errant. The preceding two parts of the trilogy are Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) and Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955). The novel is loosely based on the life of the famous Japanese swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi. The film is adapted from Eiji Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, originally released as a serial in the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, between 19. Shot in Eastmancolor, it is the third and final film of Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy. Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island ( Japanese: 宮本武蔵完結編 決闘巌流島, Hepburn: Miyamoto Musashi Kanketsuhen: Kettō Ganryūjima) is a 1956 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki and starring Toshirō Mifune.
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