Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay
2015
Documentary
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.
Rating
7.5
2 votesPopularity
0.7737
Origin & Countries
JP | ja | Japan
Production
Yoshimoto Kogyo
Runtime
84 min.
Status
Released
Release: 10/18/2015
Credits
Sadao NakajimaDirector
Sadao Nakajima
Hiroki Matsukata
Chihiro Yamamoto
Seizō Fukumoto
