Film

Benkei

1997 · 2h 26m · Drama · History · TV Movie

At the end of the Heian period, Musashibo Benkei, a warrior monk who hated the Heike clan, was humiliated by his fellow monks and left the mountain monastery. Soon, Benkei competes with the Heike warriors on the Gojo Bridge in Kyoto and takes away their swords. One night he tried to stop a young man who had a beautiful sword on his belt and fought him, but he could not win. Knowing that this young man Ushiwakamaru (Minamoto no Yoshitsune) is looking for an opportunity to overthrow the Heike clan, Benkei asks him to let him join him.

Ken Matsudaira

Kōtarō Satomi

Makoto Fujita

Kazuhiko Nishimura

Narimi Arimori

Akiko Hinagata

Yoko Minamino

Sayuri Kokusho

• Akira InoueDirector
• Motomu FurutaScreenplay
• Tsuneo TomitaNovel

Release date

January 4, 1997

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

2h 26m

Genres

Drama, History, TV Movie

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