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Samurai Trilogy is a film trilogy directed by Hiroshi Inagaki and starring by Toshiro Mifune as Miyamoto Musashi and Koji Tsuruta as Kojiro Sasaki. The films are based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa, about Miyamoto Musashi, famous duellist and author of The Book of Five Rings. The film is regarded as a classic of Japanese cinema, and is sometimes called the "Gone with the Wind
of Japan".

The first film is Samurai I aka Miyamoto Musashi and is from 1954. It won the 1955 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The second film is Samurai II aka Duel at Ichijoji Temple and is from 1955. The third film is Samurai III aka Duel on Ganryu Island and is from 1956. Together, they are a trilogy of epic proportions following the character growth of Musashi from brash - yet strong - young soldier to thoughtful and introspective samurai, culminating in Musashi's duel with the greatest opponent he would ever face.

It is noteworthy that the trilogy also became an influence for future films. In Kill Bill
, for example, The Bride kills O-Ren Ishii with the exact same swallows tail move that Miyamoto Musashi uses to kill Sasaki Kojiro, the filming for this scene is almost identical as well with the same parrelel run, blood splash, and unknown victor until the faces are revealed. Bill himself references the ending to Samurai III when he suggests an "old school" duel on the beach at sunrise.

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