Benkei (1997)

January. 04,1997

5.5

| Drama History TV Movie

At the end of the Heian period, Musashibo Benkei, a warrior monk who hated the Heike clan, was humiliated by his fellow monks and left the mountain monastery. Soon, Benkei competes with the Heike warriors on the Gojo Bridge in Kyoto and takes away their swords. One night he tried to stop a young man who had a beautiful sword on his belt and fought him, but he could not win. Knowing that this young man Ushiwakamaru (Minamoto no Yoshitsune) is looking for an opportunity to overthrow the Heike clan, Benkei asks him to let him join him.

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Cast

Ken Matsudaira as

[2021] Shouga Dorama Tokugawa ☆ Ieyasu [2019] Her Blue Sky [2019] Her Blue Sky [2019] Musashi [2011] Kamen Rider OOO Wonderful: The Shogun and the 21 Core Medals

Kotaro Satomi as

[2020] Juusan-nin no Shikaku [1966] Code Between Brothers 2 [1963] Seventeen Ninja [1958] The Purple Hood

Makoto Fujita as

[2007] Tsubaki Sanjuro [1999] Housewife Meiko Murder Mystery - Death of a Teacher [1967] Zatoichi's Cane Sword

Reviews

Micitype

1997/01/04

Pretty Good

Brainsbell

1997/01/05

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

filippaberry84

1997/01/06

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Deanna

1997/01/07

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.