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

Duration:

84 min

Cast:

Sadao Nakajima, Hiroki Matsukata, Chihiro Yamamoto

Quality:

HD

Director:

Sadao Nakajima

Release:

2015

Country:

Japan

Rating:

7.5