Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

Takezo (Toshirō Mifune), a wild young villager born to a low caste, leaves home in 17th century Japan with his friend Matahachi (Rentaro Mikuni), hoping to win a name as a samurai. Hiroshi Inagaki follows him from reckless fighter toward the man who will be called Musashi Miyamoto, with the monk Takuan (Kuroemon Onoe II) pulling at him along the way. In this world, rank is fixed at birth, and only a man's own strength can lift him above it.