Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay
First aired on Oct 18, 2015
Runtime: 84 mins
80%
Genres: 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.
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Featured Crew
Sadao Nakajima | Director
Tadashi Nakamura | Producer
Yukawa Tatsuya | Director of Photography
Takeo Yoneda | Editor
Nobuhiko Matsukage | Sound Recordist
Yuji Higashida | Lighting Technician