Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

Name: Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay
Director: Sadao Nakajima
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015-10-18
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Sadao Nakajima, Hiroki Matsukata, Chihiro Yamamoto, Seizō Fukumoto, Shôgo Kimura

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Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

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Released

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Yoshimoto Kogyo

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2015-10-18

Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

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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