Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

7.5
2 Reviews
2015
1h 24min

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.

Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

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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.

    Released
    18 October 2015
    Runtime
    1h 24min
    Director
    Sadao Nakajima
    Genre
    Documentary
    Status
    Released
    Language
    Japanese
    Production
    Yoshimoto Kogyo
Cast
Sadao Nakajima
Hiroki Matsukata
Chihiro Yamamoto
Seizō Fukumoto
Shôgo Kimura
Asahi Kurizuka
Ryûzô Ueno
Sadao Yamane
Katsuyuki Tai
Michihiro Kinoshita
Taichi Kasuga
Himself
Ayami Nakamura
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