Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay (2015)

10/18/2015 (JP) • 1h 24m

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.


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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

jidaigeki

chanbara

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