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.

The Crew

Sadao Nakajima

Hiroki Matsukata

Chihiro Yamamoto

Seizō Fukumoto

Shôgo Kimura

Asahi Kurizuka

Ryûzô Ueno

Sadao Yamane

Katsuyuki Tai

Michihiro Kinoshita