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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

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The Sequel to Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, and one-third film adaptation of Eiji Yoshikawa's Musashi.Miyamoto Musashi (Toshiro Mifune) has come far indeed. Last we saw him, he was the tough guy of a hick village. Now he's a swordsman of amazing skill, disciplined, formal, and on the verge of his famous set of duels against the Yoshioka school. But does all that make him a true samurai? Or just a thuggish killer of unusual ability? After Musashi makes short work of chain-and-sickle master Shishido Baiken, a monk flatly tells him it's the latter, to his incomprehension. Has he not defeated all comers? What else is there?Though troubled by the monk's words, Musashi nevertheless sets his sights on the famed Yoshioka school, led by eldest son Seijuro. It's not going to be a simple thing when he gets to Kyoto. Unbeknownst to him, Seijuro has his sights on someone, a woman they both know: Akemi. She's in town, too, with Oko and Matahachi. Another, more painful problem for Musashi is Otsu, also in town, and living only for the hope of seeing him again and giving him her love. And there's the mysterious Sasaki Kojiro, a very good swordfighter who enters town and starts mixing up in things. Finally, there's the little matter of the Yoshioka rank-and-file, to whom ambush and murder is less distasteful than risking their school's reputation to an upstart nobody.With all this turbulence swirling about him, will Musashi be able to grasp the truth of the monk's words, or is he doomed to a life of petty violence?
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Rape as Drama
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Rape as Drama: Seijuro takes his frustrations, and general powerlessness, out on Akemi in this way. Kojiro, rebuffed by her, trolls her for a second by threatening rape, before admitting defeat and musing that Musashi must be quite the guy.
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Master Swordsman
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Master Swordsman: Musashi and Kojiro, of course.
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Sword over Head
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Sword over Head: After defeating Seijuro, Musashi has him at his mercy, and raises his sword for a killing stroke. But Musashi then remembers the words of the monk at the beginning of the film, as well as those of Takuan, and decides to spare Seijuro's life. It is at this moment that Musashi truly becomes a Samurai in spirit.
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Unknown Rival
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Unknown Rival: Musashi, Seijuro, and Kojiro are this on multiple layers. Musashi knows he's Seijuro's rival in the sense of the duel he's trying to set up, but is completely in the dark about the fact that Seijuro is vying for Akemi's affections against his memory. Musashi never learns that she knows Seijuro, or is even in Kyoto. Kojiro briefly pursues Akemi, aware of her pining for Musashi. At this time, Seijuro doesn't know about him, and again, Musashi never learns about Akemi. Musashi never interacts with Kojiro beyond seeing his Cool Sword in for service. Kojiro learns about him early, watches him from afar, and mentally wishes for him to continue improving himself, as he himself will be doing the same.
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Not Worth Killing
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Not Worth Killing: Kojiro settles for Toji's topknot after the latter mouths off to him of the bridge.
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Adaptational Heroism
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Adaptational Heroism: Musashi doesn't cut down a child here, so there's that. Kojiro is also definitely a step up from his book counterpart, with only a wee bit of the book character's cockiness and none of his sadism. Also, that waste of skin Oko shows some guilt over what she puts her daughter through in the film adaptation.
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Worthy Opponent
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Worthy Opponent: Watching from afar, Kojiro comes to see Musashi as this, setting the stage for their eventual duel.
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What Measure Is a Mook?
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What Measure Is a Mook?: Musashi achieves enlightenment from not finishing Seijuro off after besting him, but that doesn't change the fact that he had killed close to a hundred of the man's students over the course of several fights in the leadup to that duel. No explanation is given as to why a single act of virtue towards a named character makes up for everything he did to the extras.
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Plot Hole: After her scene in the swamp with Otsu, Akemi turns up in Kojiro's lodging. How?
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Dead Person Impersonation
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Dead Person Impersonation: Oh, Matahachi. You should've made sure that Kojiro was actually dead before you started impersonating him.
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Calling Your Attacks
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Calling Your Attacks: "The Swallow-Turn!" is a Live Action example.
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Real Event, Fictional Cause: The real Musashi wrote down, a week before dying, a set of moral precepts called The Way Of Walking Alone. Both book and film have him inspired with "Respect Buddha and the Gods, without relying on their help" when tempted to pray at a shrine before facing all the Yoshioka followers. The film also has him renouncing the love of women after his Near-Rape Experience with Otsu, with corresponds to "Do not let yourself be guided by the feeling of love."
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Sore Loser
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Sore Loser: The entire plot centers around the Yoshioka school being unable to get over the fact that a ronin from no recognized school managed to defeat several of their students, and trying to murder him to erase the humiliation rather than allowing him to challenge the master of the school, which his earlier victories had granted him the right to do.
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech: "You're terribly strong, but your mind is not at peace. That means you might win a duel, but you are not yet a true samurai."
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Bullying a Dragon
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Bullying a Dragon: The Yoshioka goons antagonize Musashi at every turn, and are cut down en masse for their trouble. They also attempt to kidnap Akemi while she's in Kojiro's care, leading Kojiro to cut down a few of them himself.
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Defiled Forever
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Defiled Forever: Akemi sees herself as this: "I'm a soiled woman. I don't mind anything."
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Chick Magnet
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Chick Magnet: Musashi starts the film with Otsu swooning for him, gets Akemi swooning for him once mentioned in front of her, and gets Yoshino swooning for him in short order. Book!Musashi already had this power, but in the film it's amplified by the power of Toshiro Mifune. The women of Japan never stood a chance.
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One-Man Army
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One-Man Army: Guess who. This film is about Musashi's famous victory over 70 opponents, after all.
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Authority in Name Only
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Authority in Name Only: The Yoshioka students see themselves as the disciples of Seijuro's late father, not Seijuro himself. They routinely ignore his commands and disregard his statements that responding to a fair challenge to a duel by ambushing him on the road like common bandits only shames the school. Then again, if they had listened to his statement that the best way to deal with a man who threatens the school's reputation by defeating several students and them challenging the master to a duel is to just fight the duel instead of trying dirty tricks, the movie would have been an hour shorter.
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Musashi never interacts with Kojiro beyond seeing his Cool Sword in for service. Kojiro learns about him early, watches him from afar, and mentally wishes for him to continue improving himself, as he himself will be doing the same.
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Near-Rape Experience
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Near-Rape Experience: At the end of the film, Musashi is overcome with lust, jumping on Otsu and insisting that they make love. Otsu refuses, and Musashi fortunately comes to his senses and leaves her unharmed. Ashamed of what he's done, Musashi wanders off, renouncing the love of women.
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Adaptational Wimp: Seijuro. In the book he was a complacent swordsman, but still good enough to head a martial arts school. His supporters expected victory, though he didn't, and Musashi didn't realize his vast superiority until Seijuro showed up to fight. Here, everyone who interacts with him thinks he's a loser, and his underlings either play courtier, or ignore him. Shishido Baiken, a running villain in the book, goes down before the ten minute mark.
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Tender Tears: Even in a movie as condensed and character-packed as this one, B-plot character Otsu still manages to cry four times on-screen.
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Martial Pacifist: The whole film revolves around Musashi's attempts to become this, rather than remain a vicious killer. In the end, he succeeds when he spares Seijuro.
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The Lady's Favour: Seijuro begs Akemi (after raping her) that, if she would just give him her support, he would have the strength to fight Musashi. She responds that, not only does she not support him, she will now only pray for his death.
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