Capcom has been on a roll with resurrecting its best franchises, and its latest attempt is Onimusha. Onimusha: Way of the ...

Additionally, the contrast between a wide broadsword and a long Japanese katana is also inspired by the rivalry of two famous Japanese swordsmen, Musashi and Kojiro. Were there any other design ...

The ability to not hear or speak gives Kojiro a quiet power. Instead of the brashness shown by Musashi and other swordsmen in the series, Kojiro not hearing allows him to truly focus on the sword ...

(1699) Miyamoto Musashi fights Sasaki Kojiro. Following the Battle of Sekigahara and the unification of Japan under the shogunate of Tokugawa Ieyasu, an enormous portion of the Japanese warrior ...

Japanese history is filled with epic tales of warriors, but few have stood the test of time as well as the story of samurai Miyamoto Musashi — and his duel with Sasaki Kojirō, one of Japan’s greatest ...

Only his lover Otsu and the pacifist monk Takuan understood Musashi, who escaped from the ... the sword prodigy Sasaki Kojiro, in his quest for strength had defeated his own master, Tomita Seigen ...

He fought in over 60 battles, having never lost a single one. Musashi’s most famous duel was against Sasaki Kojiro in 1612, where he emerged victorious using a wooden sword. He also played a ...

Miyamoto Musashi played with time. In 1612 he fought a duel with Sasaki Kojiro, the ‘Demon of the Western Provinces’, on an island in the Straits of Shimonoseki. Kojiro arrived on time; Musashi ...

Taking place during the early Edo Period, a crucial era of peace and transition in Japan, the renowned Miyamoto Musashi, now in his late years, sets out on a secret mission. He is equipped with ...