In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly auspicious. He sides with the Toyotomi at Sekigahara, and as a result finds himself on the losing side of the historic battle. He and his friend Matahachi manage to escape the slaughter although the latter is wounded in his leg. They stumble across the young Akemi who makes her living with her mother Oko by robbing corpses of their armor and anything else they can sell. Oko takes it into her head to seduce Matahachi, which she does first by skillfully sucking the gangrene from his blood, and then just by sucking.
as Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo)
as Ogin
as Otsu
as Hon'iden Matahachi
as Osugi
as Fuchikawa Goroku
as Muneaki Takuan
as Tanzaemon Aoki
as Terumasa Ikeda
as Oko
as Akemi
as Tsuji Kaze Ten Ma
as Bamboo craftsman Kisuke
as Kisuke's wife
as Shichiho temple monk
as Hon'iden's relative
as Village man
as Village man
as Village man
as Village man
as Yamabushi
as Villager
as Villager
as Border Inspector
as A ghost
as Villager
as Villager
as A Ghost
as Border Inspector
as Villager
as A Ghost
