Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

1h 24min

Documentary

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.

Release date

18th Oct 2015

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語