Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

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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.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: October 18, 2015
Original language: Japanese
Spoken languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan
Production: Yoshimoto Kogyo
Cast: Asahi Kurizuka,Sadao Yamane,Chihiro Yamamoto,Katsuyuki Tai,Taichi Kasuga,Ayami Nakamura,Ryûzô Ueno,Shôgo Kimura,Sadao Nakajima,Michihiro Kinoshitaand 2 more
Director: Sadao Nakajima
Producer: Tadashi Nakamura
Cinematography: Yukawa Tatsuya
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt5125864