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The Legend of Musashi

Imaginary Worlds

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The Story of Musashi

The first big retelling of musashi's story in the modern age was a novelization of the book of five rings in 19 35 by a g yoshikawa. This novel ended ut being the basis for most of the movie and onga adaptations that came later. Some film makers used musashi, or the version of musashi that yoshikawa created, as a way of satirizing japanese imperialism.

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