Review of Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) by John H — 31 Mar 2016

This movie is a true samurai classic. Toshiro Mifune wonderfully fills the role of the world's most famous samurai. This story tells of the early days of Takezo Miyamoto, the man who would later become the famed Musashi Miyamoto.

Toshiro Mifune plays his role superbly, and one can really feel the emotion and power he commands in this role. The film progresses at a steady pace, there is an excellent balance of story/character development and action sequences.

This movie and the two sequels really should be considered one really long movie rather than 3 separate ones as they tell the story of Miyamoto's progression from brash young man with more brawn than brains, to the quintessential samurai of legend who is both skilled as well as comfident on the battlefield.

This movie, as well as the other two in the series are highly recommended to anyone who is a fan of samurai movies or of Toshiro Mifune.