Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay (2015)

overview : 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 : Oct 18, 2015

Runtime : 1h 24m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Yoshimoto Kogyo

Countries : Japan

Keywords : jidaigeki, chanbara