The Best Duel Scene Ever - Miyamoto Musashi vs Sasaki Kojiro | Miyamoto Musashi #13

Legendary duel scene of all time.
Miyamoto Musashi #13
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＜STORY＞ On September 15, Keicho 5, a young man, Musashi (Takezo), whose life was ruined by the war in Sekigahara wandered around like a wild beast. Only his lover Otsu and the pacifist monk Takuan understood Musashi, who escaped from the hands of the Ochimusha hunters and turned against everyone. Then, a crisis loomed over Musashi as he fled into the mountains. At the same time, in the village of Jokyoji in Echizen, the sword prodigy Sasaki Kojiro, in his quest for strength, had defeated his own master, Tomita Seigen, and got out of the village.
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[@kiwi-freedom5113]

Musashi used unorthodox techniques like always turning up late for a fight to get into his opponents head. For this fight to do the unexpected, instead of using a samurai sword he carved a wooden sword on the way to the fight. His movements were not beautiful like Kojiro’s but were efficient and all that was needed to win. These were the two greatest swordsmen in Japan at the time, and this was the most hotly anticipated fight of that generation.

[@kauyanDJ]

1. Turning up late to upset Kojiro 2. Irritating him further by taunting 3. Countering Kojiro's Tsubamekaishi (which employs long katana) with a longer reached wooden mast, Musashi purposely stood in water to dull Kojiro's sense of length. Guy stood no chance.

[@user-fi9ob1nz4x]

Китаец веслом убил тайского транса

[@JordanClymer-fh3pf]

@@kauyanDJ on #3, bringing a bokken to a katana fight is like 'a knife to a gun fight'... it was deeply insulting, as if Musashi didn't take him serious enough to use a sword. "purposefully stood in water to dull Kojiro's sense of length"... damn that's insightful. I do wish they followed the written records. These scenes would be so much better IMO.

[@30035XD]

I took his teachings in deeply, and I also turn up late for everything and insult people all the time.

[@michaeldriver127]

​@@30035XDdrives my manager insane 😂

[@seanbigay1042]

In his epic treatment of Musashi's life, Eiji Yoshikawa pointed out one advantage he had over his opponents. They regarded their fights with him as duels. He regarded them as a WAR.

[@thomasprislacjr.4063]

Book of the five rings. Great read.

[@anba9499]

oar

[@BrentDelong1253]

Don't try it, Musashi. I have the high ground.

[@germanmiguelescobar3025]

in any realistic fight: die In a Japanese movie: flies away

[@varanid9]

@@germanmiguelescobar3025 Actually, standing downhill gives the visual impression of being further away than you are.

[@henokhsatrio8804]

You underestimate my power!

[@fearthehoneybadger]

Musashi: "So what? I have a stick."

[@davidw706]

Apparently Musashi he hates sand as well.

[@ratemal7748]

this is the most anime fight i've ever seen outside of an actual anime

[@seanbigay1042]

And why do you think shonen anime are like that to begin with?

[@kevsnoop81]

I was think the same thing. Like damn this is where the sideways running comes from! 🤣

[@waldfuzz8188]

You mean because the people fall down without being hit?

[@seanbigay1042]

@@waldfuzz8188 Dude, come on, not every director has Sam Peckinpah's budget for fake blood.

[@kryaxe]

This was based on true events. Only in reality, Musashi was late because he got drunk. Someone lifted his sword and he fought with the oar he rowed the boat there with.

[@seanbigay1042]

Some things I'd like to point out, if they haven't been yet: 1. Musashi was notorious for not coming on time to his duels. This didn't always mean he was late, though. At least once, he showed up an hour or to early and was thus able to reconnoiter the battleground quite thoroughly. He needed to -- if memory serves, that was the duel where he ended up fighting the entire House of Yoshioka. (Who had brought bows. And GUNS.) 2. He spent the entire trip to the dueling site carefully carving that oar into a proper bokken. This was one reason Kojiro lost. Musashi knew well the length of Kojiro's famous sword, the "Drying Pole," and made sure his bokken was longer, giving him the advantage of reach. 3. When Kojiro casts aside his scabbard, Musashi immediately declares that he's lost the duel. If he thought he was going to win, why did he throw away the scabbard he'd put his sword back in?

[@Vipunen]

I think the use of the bokken could also be related to what the sword sharpener taught Mushashi in Edo. The sword he gave to Mushasi should not be taken into a pointless duel; a fight that is not fought to protect the weaker.

[@adamcee7251]

Also while Musashi was on lower ground he had better footing because the wet sand made a firmer footing; we saw Kojiro needing to adjust his footing in the dry sand.

[@H20No]

Why is “Drying Pole” so small in this adaptation? Thought it was meant to be a notably longer variant hence the likeness to a drying pole.

[@seanbigay1042]

@@H20No IMHO because the actor playing Sosuke Kojiro isn't actually Kojiro himself. You can't expect him to actually wield something as awkward as the Drying Pole.

[@Frank2489]

@@seanbigay1042that’s the most inept pathetic attempt to an explanation I have ever heard lmao 🤡

[@daviddavid5880]

Gotta love that duel. Shows up, creams the guy with a club, leaves.

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

He needed a longer weapon to match his linger sward

[@dairyair5371]

And BOWS😂

[@martinkukumberg1908]

I don't think of really this event.😂

[@ALeon-od3wu]

That's how he won his first duel at age 13 too

[@sterby1]

@@dairyair5371 And my AXE!

[@jddunebuggy]

The ones where he won with dual wielding are the flashier ones but this one sticks in the story due to the boat paddle. Absolute Fu**ing legend.

[@seanbigay1042]

In case you missed my other comments -- Musashi deliberately carved that paddle so it'd be significantly longer than Kojiro's famous sword, the "Drying Pole," giving Musashi the advantage of reach.

[@jddunebuggy]

@@seanbigay1042 Yep, Bro had him calculated.

[@flupetepak]

I must admit though that in classic samurai movies I find most amusement in watching the angry constipation facial expressions. 😁

[@seanbigay1042]

You forgot the way they bellow at each other. It seems pretty obvious where the inspiration for Star Trek's Klingon language came from. "Heglu'meH QaQ jajvam!" (Today is a good day to die!) Mrrrnnnh!

[@spudpud-T67]

@@rh906 hei

[@lisaeikon8572]

​@@rh906 I don't think it's quite sinosphere. Koreans and Chinese old movies actors don't seem to make such faces. But I observed that some 'strong type' Japanese actors always have this weird downwards mouth and cheeks expression. Mouth that is similar to Brock Lesnar's long downward mouth and cheeks

[@Sakattack2023]

lol it’s amazing how play acting (kabuki) influenced film of all countries at the time.

[@whiskeymonk4085]

I make sounds and expressions just like them when I'm pushing out a stubborn growler.

[@Kaiserschutze]

3:11 "Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru" "Nani?!"

[@FredJ2091]

Miyamoto was never this angry before or during a battle, he was always calm and collected

[@enriquejoseantequerasanche6180]

He was faking it, what he really was is a master of mind games

[@jackwhite1742]

This IS his calm and collected.

[@karlthomas2360]

This is quite true. Also, he beat this man to death. It was not one graceful blow to the opponent's head. oh no.

[@alexzero3736]

Like you saw it yourself😂

[@FredJ2091]

@@alexzero3736 true, I never saw it, but I did read about him and losing his temper wasn't what he was known for

[@010bobby]

I must have seen every version of this encounter from the 1950’s to the present…

[@danko6582]

Yeah, I couldn't tell if this was that other series.

[@MicTheOni]

right!? I search Miyamoto Musashi vs Sasaki Kojiro on KZbin and I'm pretty sure they made an anime as well as a mission in Dynasty Warriors 2 of this encounter.

[@thumtlnguyen3626]

They stared at each other more than they fought.

[@JordanClymer-fh3pf]

@@egbertmcfliesterheimer7133encounter is a perfectly suitable word as well. "It's not flavor, it's flavour!"

[@dpeasehead]

@010bobby: Except the one in which Kojiro wins. I have a bootleg copy...

[@TheMeJustMe75]

Battle of the hair styles. They actually had a disagreement on what product they should use.

[@varanid9]

The postures, facial expressions and camera work, even the sound effects, are pure Anime'.

[@thomasprislacjr.4063]

Incorrect. Anime is pure this.

[@victor_silva6142]

Aye ​@@thomasprislacjr.4063

[@vincentlee7359]

Horribly ignorant. Anime was influenced by this type of Japanese acting.

[@aa65064]

The music reminded me of Dragonball Z.

[@orangutan4696]

Missing scene: Kojiro was blinded by the sun and got hit as he turned to face Musashi.

[@sillymesilly]

That’s in a movie

[@santyclause8034]

Yeah nah, Kojiro had a longer than usual Katana which usually gave him the advantage. Musashi rocked up with a boat oar carved into a sword blank. It was longer than Kojiro's katana. Kojiro was outplayed and spat chips. Musashi didn't scrub up or iron his Sunday best for the big show. Kojiro was incensed and spat chips. Musashi stood in the water so the sun shone in Kojiro's eye. Kojiro spat fries. Unable to excuse Musashi any longer, Kojiro threw his scabbard into the drink as he drew his hone edged, hand-forged steel plate thang not intending ta breathe again until a successfull conclusion to this fight arrangement ended discussion of his mom. Musashi suddenly beat the guy ta death with his longer weapon, a wooden boat oar.

[@Echo_Canine11]

​@santyclause8034 True. I seen it.

[@bradgavel9991]

​Shaolin ghetto freak 😜

[@jonlannister345]

This looks more or less how it's described in writing. One swing each, after Musashi lead him along the waterline.

[@soujirou86]

Which writing?

[@jonlannister345]

@@soujirou86 The collection of overall works on the topic, weighed and compared, which can be found with a google search.

[@JordanClymer-fh3pf]

If I'm not mistaken, Musashi crushed Kojiro's ribs with the paddle/oar. Kojiro swung in anger and Musashi countered. It was Kojiro who was pissed and out of sorts, not Musashi. At least from what I read but I could have been misled. Regardless, the huge anime jumps were not necessary IMO.

[@jonlannister345]

@@JordanClymer-fh3pf Aye that's one of the accounts. I suppose it can't be known for sure, best we can do is study the accounts and discern what is possible

[@JordanClymer-fh3pf]

@@jonlannister345 I wasn't even aware there were so many 'accounts'. Hell, it's just a myth at this point I guess, then. All we know for sure is he lived, he was a black sheep, he killed lots of guys and he wrote a book. I mean, I'm sure there is more that you could determine to be factual or probable with study and analysis, but I just ran out of give-a-damn.

[@jakesmith5278]

Thought this is a sword fight? Turned out to be a staring and screaming contest.

[@MarcioJRios]

This is a historical fiction movie, but even so Sword fights in real life aren't like on star wars. If the swords clashed more than two times that would already be incredible

[@youtubeisdead8153]

@@MarcioJRios i think point is - we didnt even see what happened everything important happened behind camera ... so its really just staring and screaming

[@dscott6629]

The problem with sword fights is that they're very fast and over very quickly. You'd have to be an expert just to follow the sword play and both these two were at the Legendary level of expertise. For the average viewer the actual fight would look like the two simply swung their "swords" at each other for a second or two and then one fell down dead. Luckily we had several "expert" witnesses who wrote down what happened. I'm told that the movie "The Duelists" (1977) is the most accurate in depicting sword fights, though European sword fighting had evolved to the rapier by the time period shown in the movie. KZbin has several clips showing the fights if you're curious.

[@billsherrard8452]

What's really cool is Kajiro (guy in white) didn't even know he was dead for a minute. Musashi knew he'd killed him and was just waiting for Kajiro to fall over.

[@migueldelmazo5244]

For those who don't speak Japanese, at the 0:56 mark, the little boy behind the older samurai says, "Yes.". That's about all I've got in my Japanese language skills, but I hope it helped provide context to a great scene.

[@Avel_runner]

lmao got me in the first half

[@spudpud-T67]

HEI

[@BaioWarioz]

😂 Killed me - Arigato!

[@xeeng10]

I heard “damarē!” I know that means “shut up.”

[@disavowedveteran1391]

😂😂😂

[@shadown5757]

A legendary duel that teaches a lot regarding the importance of being unconventional and unpredictable when dealing with human endeavors 😎👍

[@1.618_Murphy]

*“We treat our dead opponents with respect”*

[@lwoklidfr]

its like every shounen series the staring and shouting contest is really strong here😂

[@adorp]

It was even funnier to be because I don't understand Japanes.

[@user-jo6ke9hw1x]

No way this is the best scene. Maybe in this very movie

[@tu-estupidez9713]

Lmao someone had to say It, one hit kill with 489292947H delay with a fucking stick, if this is the BEST scene we can skio the rest i supose

[@raulhenriquez9820]

...me encanto la serie... la he visto como 5 veces...Hiroaki Murakami y Kin'ya Kitaōji son unos grandes actores.... los sigo tambien en otras series............ muchas gracias por compartir... son lo maximo

[@samuelrodriguez5412]

At that time if another master swordsman challenges you to a one on one dual it was actually a huge compliment.

[@jamesjz918]

The key to win is to stay at a distance(because his weapon has a longer reach but heavier and slower) and face against the sun. To keep Kojiro away and avoid being attacked on a quick approach move, Musashi intentionally stayed in the water with some depth so that Kojiro could not jump on him quickly. The reason he runs along the waterline and got Kojiro chasing him, is at that angle, Kojiro would face the sun, when he started to jump into the air, the sunshine would fog Kojiro's eyes. Musashi is really smart and took everything into his calculation to win this fight.

[@c.galindo9639]

Wow. So cinematically beautiful. Very fierce and really felt like live action anime. I can see how manga and anime feels so refined in its artistic portrayals and style. These types of works of cinema were its foundation and it is extraordinarily extravagant in its simplistic beauty. It’s very breathtaking

[@gregjaro-mk7zs]

A CLASSIC TV ADAPTATION OF THE LATE TOSHIRO MIFUNE'S "THE SAMURAI TRILOGY". 🇯🇵⛩️🏯⚔️🎬🎥📺👍

[@fodicky4]

They forgot something important about this duel. Musashi had incredible battle smarts and used the environment to his advantage. When he jumped up to deliver his final blow, the sun was directly behind him. This partially blinded Kojiro, causing the inevitable

[@leoprzytuac3660]

When your changing guards, when you're staring at your opponent... when you're doing as much as taking a few steps... ALWAYS make sure to scream at the top of your lungs

[@markorahoske6931]

Samurai was a title. Ninja was a job most if not all samurai's were probably ninjas, at least that's what I learned from metatron, great channel! By the way, he's an Italian guy that specializes in Japanese history and culture

[@reduande]

Most Samurai were not a ninja. Majority ninjas were servants, merchants. To blend in and collect informations... Most Samurai are soldiers, mercenaries, head hunters.

[@JanWynd]

Incorrect. Nin-shu were an independent warrior sect for several hundreds of years(it wasnt a 'job'). Now, for the record, Shinobi did, in fact, contract their services out to Daimyo as freelance swords-for-hire(mercenaries) but their freelance activities were far from being the totality of what Ninja were. There is a wealth of research out there that you will be well-advised to expose yourself to but, in that same breathe, there is no shortage of false propaganda being spread from foreigners with strange agendas to paint a narrative of Ninja that fits a mold congruent to their particular societal class-structures for the mere sake of making Shinobi culture more palatable to their biased cultural sensibilities. It would serve you well to not fall for that nonsense. Peace...

[@judgeprime3730]

Wrong samurai are not ninjas

[@gunh4129]

@@judgeprime3730Samurai are officials in Edo periods of time. There is no Samurai in Sengoku Jidai era and before. The warriors before Tokugawa shogunate were called as Bushi, not Samurai. While Ninja are basically irregular army that come from mercenary, bandits, etc, who did irregular warfare like infiltration, ambush, assassination, raiding, espionage, and even an act of terrorism in a war. So yes, Samurai are not Ninja, despite sometime, the vassals of a lord also doing covert action for their lord bidding.

[@gunh4129]

@@reduandeCorrection, Samurai is not always a warrior. They are the officials in Tokugawa Shogunate era. Even a civil servant to be called as samurai back then.

[@artimusgarcia-cuellar8026]

I saw this on Beta-max as a kid. My buddy's mom got it from Japan. I remember it well.

[@dairyair5371]

That was awesome! Loved the zooms!!

[@dubyaw9511]

You think he's a swordsman, but he's actually a military strategist.

[@ianmanalus5542]

Love this Scene!

[@rahrah5091]

Musashi made him wait almost all day. Then shows up with a carved plank for a sword. The plank was 1 inch greater length then Kojiro sword. Which Kojiro cared a rather long sword for that era.

[@SteelBlueVision]

Inches weren't invented yet and the imperial units that were used came from a completely different empire.

[@rahrah5091]

@@SteelBlueVision I used inch for the US viewer. If you are splitting hair's. They used kan and monme.

[@chaslind]

Wonder who has the Bokken (wooden sword ) now? Or was it used for firewood in the evening?

[@michaeldriver127]

He signed it and threw it into the crowd afterwards. They went wild.

[@Claudio-ld6xi]

Such beautiful people ...... .......

[@glashoppah]

Musashi after this fight decided he was invincible and stopped using real swords, instead killing opponents with a stick.

[@kellypatterson2537]

That's what you get for wearing a cheap Happy Meal sticker on your forehead.

[@TheDarclord]

I don't understand how the guy in white robes lost. He had the high ground.

[@RobertoGonzalez-id1de]

Excellent vedio here, I'm impress ! ❤ ( 06-04-24 ) Tuesday

[@franciscoramones929]

Excelente escena …mucha tensión

[@kevsnoop81]

So thisbis where the sideways running comes from in anime! Trunks vs Kogu comes to mind😁

[@Norrikan]

5:50 _"I will never face this opponent in my life again."_ - Yeah, no shit, you just caved his skull in what an oar. It'd be more concerning if he *did* face you again.

[@volrath77]

Like a recreation of the Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island with Toshiro Mifune playing Musashi.

[@ishanadaitenshou9064]

"Master of the sharpened oar" "Hero of the blinding sun"...

[@Vejitatheouji]

"Or progenitor of being a hack!"

[@jamesjz918]

If that is indeed a perfect weapon, Musashi would use it for most of his fights. That wooden oar is just a part of his setup as he knows he would not be able to win a duel with Kojiro when everything is equal.

[@aryb.3365]

I really love these two souls, Musashi and Kojiro (⁠´⁠;⁠︵⁠;⁠`⁠)

[@leifmanson7599]

What makes this scene great is that it sticks to the historical version of the event, without embellishment.

[@vaqueroontario]

It is my recollection that Mussashi was thirteen years old when this duel took place.

[@ricopowerful]

Incorrect. Musashi fought against his first opponent Arima Kihei at 13. He fought Sasaki Kojiro in this scene when he was 30 years old.

[@vaqueroontario]

@@ricopowerful I stand corrected, he was 28 at the time of this famous duel, I did accurately recall however that he reputedly beat a man to death with a stick at the age of 13.

[@sethleoric2598]

Man the nee Vagabond chapter looking good.

[@sr1144]

Nobody understands what they're saying, but it sounds so f ing cool

[@williamfullman2639]

There reaction...HE REALLY DID BUT HIS BISCUITS OPEN!!!!!

[@michman5614]

He'd never stabd there with a smerk on his face as if he didn't know he was fatally wounded.

[@notfeedynotlazy]

Several minutes of shouting juvenile insults at each other before any of them actually tries to swing, followed by a stick to the nogging. Surely this was the summum of warriorlike refinement and intrinsically superior to a Western drunken brawl on saturday night, who would never have such chain of events. Indeed the Samurai should be regarded as superior.

[@harrymills2770]

A long staff is a very underrated weapon.

[@tofikbey9141]

Прикольно как японцы разговаривают, даже когда речь идёт скажем о погоде такое ощущение, что они ругаются😂

[@video_battle690]

Обычно они разговаривают мягко и с применением вежливой формы. Матов у них практически нет, поэтому когда ругаются применяют простую (не вежливую) форму речи и повышают голос. Как здесь )

[@sh0wbiz]

Lol, funny and ironic coming from a Russian speaking person. You guys have the angriest sounding language next to chinese and German people

[@michelelamola2310]

3:32 queste frasi le sentii da Goemon nel cartone di Lupin durante un duello, quando ero piccolo😊.

[@danksouls2960]

Musashi, the world's oldest recorded troll irl. And had the skill to back it up! 😂

[@RemusKingOfRome]

Yes.

[@culturia3555]

I could be remembering this wrong, but I think that in the book, this fight is way less populated, way shorter, and way better.

[@blableebleebla]

True story..

[@Sage2000]

0:30 anyone knows what is this white rope?

[@m3divh]

Holy cr*p i exploded with laughter. Well that was not what i expected.

[@redlord5892]

Someone please add rpg menu options during the tense pauses.

[@frankied.2364]

The boat oar ( paddle) is a traditional weapon in Kobuto. Although it most likely Wasn't used quite like that.

[@tomterry2139]

You can see some of the concrete buildings on the shoreline in the background. There, I ruined for you.

[@thewarriorwounds3124]

well considering its a movie and not actually feudal Japan there is nothing to ruin.

[@PeterHSPeter]

That's one sharp piece of wood.

[@Jano1985]

AND WHERE WAS THE FIGHT ?

[@reset6970]

The dude's screaming and yelling caused the the brain and head hemorrhaging.

[@mrkiky]

The whole idea of Musashi using a bokken carved out of an oar was so that it was longer than Kojiro's nodachi so he can outreach him knowing that Kojiro is used to nobody being able to outreach him since he uses a nodachi.

[@Malbeefance]

In Musashi's own Book of Five Rings, he makes no mention of all these people at the dual. According to Musashi's account, there were only three people present.

[@thelostone6981]

Ah, Musashi using the olé “splitting headache” technique.

[@bubbuddoo]

So this is where Dragonball Z got its inspiration for its long-assed fight scenes

[@stevetheduck1425]

But not the glowing pjneapple headwear.

[@xxxzxxx5038]

this is one of the best movie scene in history

[@hurhurhur3972]

We all know that Sojiro will continue honing his swordsmanship in the afterlife and eventually emerge victorious against a blonde-haired God.. 🤷‍♂️

[@jrlonergan6773]

Is this the same actor as Lone Wolf from the Baby Cart series?

[@timothykwoh6172]

The question remains as to why Musashi chose to use a wooden oar as a weapon in this duel.

[@JordanClymer-fh3pf]

a couple reasons- Kojiro was known for having a very long katana. It was Musashi's way to remove the reach advantage that Kojiro was used to having, therefore Kojiro would have to improvise a bit and be 'off balance' from his usual style. Also, Kojiro was a very proud man as you can imagine. To have a guy show up hours late to a life or death encounter holding a long piece of wood instead of a sword was extremely insulting, as if Musashi didn't take him seriously enough to bring his best. This scene does not do justice to Kojiro being probably damned near enraged by the time they began to fight, hence the throwing the scabbard into the water. Which is why the (actual, historical) fight was over almost instantly once they came at each other. Kojiro swung, Musashi countered by breaking his ribs and collapsing his lung with that big ass hunk of wood. EDIT: the smashed ribs/lung part may be inaccurate; I haven't done the digging that others here have. Could be incorrect; not sure.

[@Joeph_R_Silva]

And his hair was perfect.

[@stuffyyuo9612]

Yes...and makeup too🗿

[@lawrencecrayton9844]

Wish we had subtitles for this cinematic famous duel

[@sh0wbiz]

There are subtitles. Click on cc

[@RoGameReview]

They all speack with CAPS LOCK!!

[@nonieviloria9466]

The wiser samurai won the fight .Who anticipated Musashi would use psychology in the fight. He arrived late, thus angered his opponent.Lastly ,his wooden sword is longer.

[@hedonisticpunkvatos]

Musashi had the sure footing on the packed wet sand and it allowed for the unseen advantage.

[@imnotmephisto]

I've looked through this thread a little bit. book of five rings is one of those books that I read over and over again. But even when I was a kid I knew that it was just a dude telling tall tales. It's interesting that even in what is obviously a fictionalized depiction of the events So here's one for you mind. Sasaki Kojiro is supposed to be known as "the demon". The greatest of Japans sword duelist,right? Why is there no record of him existing outside of this book? Yasuike a foreigner, has more independent verifiable sources than the greatest swordsmen of Japan? Think about it. It's a great book. But it's fiction, guys. Stop believing that people from back in the days didn't make things up, too. They're still humans.

[@thomasl.2859]

Why? What had been the reason to fight? Why did the conflict anyway happed at all?

[@BodyByBenSLC]

You need a sword to cut the tension in the air of that scene.

[@1_cc]

الأسطورة موساتشي

[@maxbigavelli6586]

Makes me wanna read vagabond again

[@midnightmosesuk]

I was hoping for more of a BONK noise really.

[@dominus-2061]

4 veces muertos cada uno, si bajas o levantas la guardia, estocada directa al corazón.

[@GCJACK83]

Kojiro's biggest mistake was to let Musashi live rent-free in his head.

[@JuanChavez-gq1gw]

Musashi by eiji yoshikawa translated by charles terry is a masterpiece in storytelling and a must read. its a fictionalized book based on the real Musashi but the author supposedly kept it very close to the real life of the swordsman.

[@paulj8539]

Kojiro was famous for his use of a longer than normal sword. Musashi turned up with an oar he'd carved into a wooden sword, that was slightly longer than Kojiros sword.

[@Korporaal1]

...And it was soaked in water to make it even heavier.

[@leonidjoseph5483]

Inspiration for british ww1 helmets

[@martinkukumberg1908]

The BEST Bullshit ever.,!😂

[@FredJ2091]

Translation pleas?

[@nickcucinotta5263]

At first I thought it was a bad Old Spice commercial.

[@user-bc1xg5cx5j]

Why did the young man go to sleep? Did he get bored?

[@potterj09]

500 fights later he's killing people with a toothpick.

[@taltezy2941]

Book of Five Rings!! Japanese Imperial Military used the book as motivation leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor!!

[@ConanRus]

something unreal... where the blood on wood sword boken?