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.
- Year : 2015
- Country : Japan
- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : Yoshimoto Kogyo
- Keyword : jidaigeki, chanbara
- Director : Sadao Nakajima
- Cast : Sadao Nakajima, Hiroki Matsukata, Chihiro Yamamoto, Seizō Fukumoto, Shôgo Kimura, Asahi Kurizuka