Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, his “Samurai Trilogy” – consisting of Samurai I: Miyamoto Musashi (1954), Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955), and Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island ...

The “Samurai Trilogy” is a classic demonstration of traditional, deep, nostalgic and romantic samurai cinema. It largely forgoes the gore that would later become associated with samurai films.