Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay (2015)
18/10/2015
Documentary
1h 24m
- 75% (2 votes)
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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.
- Sadao NakajimaDirector
Original Title
時代劇は死なず ちゃんばら美学考
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Keywords
- jidaigeki
- chanbara
Top Billed Cast
Sadao Nakajima
Hiroki Matsukata
Chihiro Yamamoto
Seizō Fukumoto
Shôgo Kimura
Asahi Kurizuka
Ryûzô Ueno
Sadao Yamane
Katsuyuki Tai
Michihiro Kinoshita
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