Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

1h 24m
Documentary
7.5

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.

Cast

Sadao Nakajima
Unknown
Hiroki Matsukata
Unknown
Chihiro Yamamoto
Unknown
Seizō Fukumoto
Unknown
Shôgo Kimura
Unknown
Asahi Kurizuka
Unknown
Ryûzô Ueno
Unknown
Sadao Yamane
Unknown
Katsuyuki Tai
Unknown
Michihiro Kinoshita
Unknown
Taichi Kasuga
Himself
Ayami Nakamura
Unknown

Crew

Sadao Nakajima
Director
Takeo Yoneda
Editor
Yukawa Tatsuya
Director of Photography
Tadashi Nakamura
Producer
Midori Yamashita
Makeup Artist
Nobuhiko Matsukage
Sound Recordist
Yuji Higashida
Lighting Technician

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