In Kyoto, Otsu still waits, selling fans by the bridge. The boy, whose name is Jotaro and is an orphan, follows Musashi on his journey. An old man passing by chastises Musashi, commenting that although he is a skilled fencer, he lacks chivalry and is not mentally relaxed, thus is not a true samurai.

After a tense battle Musashi delivers a killing thrust. The two men face off, Musashi with his katana, Baiken with rapidly swinging ball and chain and scythe (kusarigama). He tells a young lad to go, but he refuses, saying that he lives there and knows Musashi will duel with Old Baiken nearby. It is evening as he stops by a hut and prepares a bandana on his forehead. Musashi walks alone from the mountains to the seashore, then to the farm fields, 'in search of knowledge and to complete his character as a respectable samurai'. ( June 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. The film's production designer was Kisaku Itō, the set decoration was made by Makoto Sono, the consultant of art department was Kisaku Itō, the sound technician was Chōshichirō Mikami, the lighting technician was Shigeru Mori, and the choreographers were Tokuho Azuma and Yoshio Sugino. The first part of the trilogy is Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) and the third is Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956).

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 second film of Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy. Duel at Ichijoji Temple ( Japanese: 続宮本武蔵　一乗寺の決闘, Hepburn: Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no Kettō) is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki starring Toshiro Mifune.

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