Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay
2015
1h 24m
7.5
JP
Documentary
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.
Movie Details
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Yoshimoto Kogyo
Key Crew
Sadao Nakajima
Director
Cast
Sadao Nakajima
Hiroki Matsukata
Chihiro Yamamoto
Seizō Fukumoto
S
Shôgo Kimura
A
Asahi Kurizuka
R
Ryûzô Ueno
S
Sadao Yamane
Katsuyuki Tai
Michihiro Kinoshita
T
Taichi Kasuga
Himself
Ayami Nakamura
