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.
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Sadao Nakajima, Hiroki Matsukata, Chihiro Yamamoto, Seizō Fukumoto, Shôgo Kimura, Asahi Kurizuka, Ryûzô Ueno, Sadao Yamane, Katsuyuki Tai, Michihiro Kinoshita, Taichi Kasuga, Ayami Nakamura
Crew: Nobuhiko Matsukage (Sound Recordist), Sadao Nakajima (Director), Yuji Higashida (Lighting Technician), Takeo Yoneda (Editor), Tadashi Nakamura (Producer)
