Movie Details
Cast & Crew
N
Nobuhiko Matsukage
Sound Recordist
T
Takeo Yoneda
Editor
Y
Yukawa Tatsuya
Director of Photography
Y
Yuji Higashida
Lighting Technician
T
Tadashi Nakamura
Producer
Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay
Audience Score
DirectorSadao Nakajima
1 hr 24 minDocumentary
Plot
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.
