In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then beginning his long period of wandering & training, with the goal always in mind of his duel with Kojiro. Part II builds toward that great duel on Ganryu Island, with considerable focus on Musashi's planning & forethought as to how to gain an advantage.
Hideki Takahashi
Jirō Tamiya
Mitsuko Baisho
Keiko Matsuzaka
Chishū Ryū
Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Makoto Satō
Junko Toda
Toshie Kimura
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Yoshi Katō
Takeshi Katō
Takanobu Hozumi
Rokkō Toura
Masahiko Tanimura
Akira Shioji
Akitake Kōno
Masakane Yonekura
Yōichi Numata
Seiji Endō
Fuyukichi Maki
Ushio Akashi
Shosei Muto
Hitoshi Ōmae
Tomiko Ishii
Masahiro Yoshihara
Jun Kashima
Ryûsuke Kita
Sōnosuke Oda
Takuya Shiba
Yoshizô Takahata
Taku Kido
Shuichi Oki
Rintarô Kaga
Kenji Sonoda
Terumitsu Kawashima
Tadayuki Okamoto
Hisakage Maehara
Masaki Tatsuya
Kenji Kimura
Yoshiro Taki
Kanjiro Osugi
Koji Nakata
Takigawa Goro
Hara Yasuji
Kentarô Imai
Ofuna Taro
Yusuke Minamoto
Junji Tsubaki
Akashi Goro
Yôji Doki
Nobuo Takagi
Tamura Masakatsu
Keiji Tsuchida
Kazuhiro Takasugi
Nao Matsubara
Toshio Ohkubo
Kazuko Motohashi
Yoshino Tani
Ryōko Mizuki
Kiyo Murakami
Kenkichi Hamahata
Akiko Nishina
Ichirō Arishima
Frankie Sakai
Keijirō Morozumi