Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay (2015)

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.

Released

2015-10-18

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

84 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Sadao Nakajima

TMDB rating

7.5/10 from 2 votes