Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay (2015)

18/10/2015
Documentary
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.

  • 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

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

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