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Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai English Trailer Posted
posted on by Christopher Macdonald
Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai. Oshii developed and wrote this story about Musashi, the real-life swordsmen who pioneered the Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū style of two-sword fighting and wrote The Book of Five Rings classic on military strategy. The movie is planned theatrical release in Japan in early summer.
Mizuho Nishikubo, an animation director for Oshii's Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone, Ghost in the Shell films) will supervise the animation process.
The historical Miyamoto figure has directly or indirectly inspired several earlier manga and anime stories. Those stories include Vagabond, is also based on Miyamoto's story.
Image © 2009 Production I.G/Miyamoto Musashi Production Committee
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