Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

2015/10/18 • Released • Japanese

Documentary
7.0
1h 24m

Overview

Veteran director Nakajima Sadao examines the appeal, background, context and transition of chambara, or period sword-fighting and samurai films, in Kyoto. Not only interviews with actors, choreographers and critiques are included, but the director orchestrates an original chambara scene for the documentary.

Director : Sadao Nakajima

Casts
Sadao Nakajima

Sadao Nakajima

Hiroki Matsukata

Hiroki Matsukata

Chihiro Yamamoto

Chihiro Yamamoto

Seizō Fukumoto

Seizō Fukumoto

Shôgo Kimura

Asahi Kurizuka

Ryûzô Ueno

Sadao Yamane

Katsuyuki Tai

Katsuyuki Tai

Michihiro Kinoshita

Michihiro Kinoshita

Taichi Kasuga

Himself

Ayami Nakamura

Ayami Nakamura

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