Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Hiroshi Inagaki Jun Fukuda (assistant director)
Written by	Hiroshi Inagaki Tokuhei Wakao
Based on	a novel by Eiji Yoshikawa and a play by Hideji Hōjō.
Produced by	Toho Kazuo Takimura (producer) Boku Morimoto (production manager)
Starring	Toshiro Mifune Kōji Tsuruta
Cinematography	Jun Yasumoto
Edited by	Hideshi Ohi
Music by	Ikuma Dan
Production company	Toho Studios
Distributed by	Toho Studios
Release dates	12 July 1955 (1955-07-12) (Japan) 20 October 1967 (1967-10-20) (United States)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Duel at Ichijoji Temple (Japanese: 続宮本武蔵　一乗寺の決闘, Hepburn: Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no Kettō) is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki^[1] starring Toshiro Mifune.^[2][3] Shot in Eastmancolor, it is the second film of Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy.

The film is adapted from Eiji Yoshikawa's novel Musashi,^[2] originally released as a serial in the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, between 1935 and 1939. The novel is loosely based on the life of the famous Japanese swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi.

The first part of the trilogy is Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) and the third is Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956).

The film's production designer was Kisaku Itō, the set decoration was made by Makoto Sono, the consultant of art department was Kisaku Itō, the sound technician was Chōshichirō Mikami, the lighting technician was Shigeru Mori, and the choreographers were Tokuho Azuma and Yoshio Sugino.^[4]