Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay (2015)

時代劇は死なず ちゃんばら美学考

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.

Date of release
2015-10-18
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Sadao Nakajima

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