Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay (2015)

★ 7.5 1h 24m IMDb
Documentary
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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.

Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

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Cast

Sadao Nakajima
Sadao Nakajima Died 2023 · Togane, Chiba Prefecture, Japan Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his work in yakuza films and jidaigeki..
Hiroki Matsukata
Hiroki Matsukata Died 2017 · Tokyo, Japan Kōju Meguro (Japanese: 目黒 浩樹 Hepburn: Meguro Kōju, July 23, 1942 – January 21, 2017), better known by his stage name Hiroki Matsukata (松方 弘樹 Matsukata Hiroki), was a Japanese actor. He was the son of...
Chihiro Yamamoto
Chihiro Yamamoto Age 29 · Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan Chihiro Yamamoto is a Japanese actress, who has played quite a few different characters in various Tokusatsu series. Her prominent role in the Ultra Series is Laiha Toba of Ultraman Geed..
Seizō Fukumoto
Seizō Fukumoto Died 2021 · Kasumi, Hyogo, Japan Seizo Fukumoto was a Japanese actor, specialized in samurai movies. He often played the role of 'kirareyaku', the person who loses the sword fight and dies spectacularly: he is said to have acted out...
Katsuyuki Tai
Katsuyuki Tai Age 70 · Kyoto, Japan Born 1955, Katsuyuki Tai (田井克幸) is a Japanese actor and martial artist based in Kyoto, Japan..
Michihiro Kinoshita
Michihiro Kinoshita Died 2015 · Kyoto, Japan
Director Sadao Nakajima
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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