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Oshii Develops, Writes Musashi Miyamoto Samurai Film (Update 2)
posted on by Egan Loo
Award-winning anime creator and director Otogi Zoshi television series.
The new film's story will center on Musashi Miyamoto, one of the most famous swordsmen in Japanese history. He pioneered the Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū style of two-sword fighting and wrote The Book of Five Rings, a book that has been compared to Sun Tzu's The Art of War for its insight on tactics and strategy.
A prominent colleague of Nishikubo, Pony Canyon will distribute the film in Japan.
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Source: animeanime.jp
Image © 2009 Miyamoto Musashi: Sōken ni Haseru Yume Production Committee (Tentative)
Update: The historical Miyamoto figure has directly or indirectly inspired several earlier manga and anime stories. Those stories include Vagabond. Thanks, Jedi General.
Update 2: Kise's spelling corrected. Thanks, reanimator.
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