{"product_id":"zen-and-sword-blu-ray-miyamoto-musashi-eureka-tomu-uchida-ii-iii-showdown-at-hannyazaka-heights","title":"Zen and Sword Blu-ray Miyamoto Musashi Eureka Tomu Uchida II III IV V 3 4 5 Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eToei's complete 60s-era Miyamoto Musashi films in once collection! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroducing Eureka's Limited Edition 3-Disc Blu-ray (Region B) release for \u003cem\u003eZen and Sword,\u003c\/em\u003e which includes the following films:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1961's\u003cem\u003e Miyamoto Musashi\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1962's\u003cem\u003e Miyamoto Musashi II: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1963's\u003cem\u003e Miyamoto Musashi III: Birth of the Two Sword Style \u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e1964's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e Miyamoto Musashi IV: Duel at Ichijyo-ji\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e1965's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMiyamoto Musashi V: Duel at Ganryu Island\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA swordsman, writer and artist who lived between 1584 and 1645, Miyamoto Musashi is a near-mythic figure in Japanese history and an icon of Japanese popular culture. The first film based on his life was produced in the silent period, followed by dozens more made over the next decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the early 1960s, Toei launched into an entire series focused on the legendary samurai – a five-part saga adapted from the works of Eiji Yoshikawa and completed under the direction of Tomu Uchida between 1961 and 1965. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMiyamoto Musashi\u003c\/em\u003e charts the origins of the eponymous swordsman (Kinnosuke Nakamura) following his participation in the Battle of Sekigahara and traces his path towards the way of the samurai.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMiyamoto Musashi II: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights,\u003c\/em\u003e Musashi emerges from a period of learning and contemplation, soon coming into conflict with a rogue group of ronin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen, in \u003cem\u003eMiyamoto Musashi III: Birth of the Two Sword Style,\u003c\/em\u003e the samurai develops his personal style of swordsmanship and first encounters Kojiro Sasaki (Ken Takakura), who will become his arch-rival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis feud with Sasaki intensifies in \u003cem\u003eMiyamoto Musashi IV: Duel at Ichijyo-ji\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMiyamoto Musashi V: Duel at Ganryu Island,\u003c\/em\u003e ultimately leading to an epic final battle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIMPORTANT NOTE: An all-region Blu-ray player is required to view this movie. Standard U.S. Blu-ray players will NOT read Region B discs. 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