Review of Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) by Eric K — 31 Mar 2016

See the entire Samurai Trilogy, and immediately.

This review of Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) was written by Eric K on 31 Mar 2016.

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Teresa E (23) on 31 Mar 2016

Fun movie :) I really enjoyed it. Nice cliff hanger, so we definitely want to see the next one…

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By Harri K (56) on 31 Mar 2016

Touching and profound, yet highly accessible…

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By Mike C (1,722) on 31 Mar 2016

Incredible movie. My hero Musashi Miyamoto glorified. Finally understand his life, weither it was true or not I really loved the movie…

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By Sam M (1,488) on 31 Mar 2016

Beautiful scenery and costumes using skillful cinematography, doesn't take much brainpower…

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By Diego S (181) on 31 Mar 2016

It really fits the samurai film genre. The only problem is the first movie is pretty much a huge prologue…

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By Private U (13,627) on 31 Mar 2016

Definitely felt like the first part of an epic instead of its own film, but I don't hold that against the film…

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By Hok M (6) on 31 Mar 2016

Thought this film started out slowly, until I suddenly realized I felt as emotionally invested in Takezo's fate as the damsels who swoon over…

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By Gavin T (45) on 31 Mar 2016

Just could not get into this at all. The bad quality transfer of the DVD probably didn't help…

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By Jordan R (884) on 31 Mar 2016

If you have to watch one single samurai trilogy, this would be it…

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By Evan K (781) on 31 Mar 2016

Having watched all three in the series i've realised the incapability of DVD to translate light from films - a lot of night scenes are too…

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