Director Tomu Uchida concludes his five-film epic about renowned Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi with this martial-arts extravaganza, which follows the warrior as he squares off against his number-one nemesis, Sasaki Kojiro (Ken Takakura). As Musashi nears the end of his quest for spiritual enlightenment and swordplay supremacy, he makes time for romance with the beautiful and long-suffering Otsu (Wakaba Irie).