Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

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Released October 18, 2015

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.

Runtime

1h 24m


Origin Country

Japan


Original Language

Japanese


Original Title

時代劇は死なず ちゃんばら美学考


Status

Released


Production Countries

  • Japan

Spoken Languages

  • 日本語 (Japanese)

Production Companies

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    Yoshimoto Kogyo

    Japan

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