Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay

Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay 2015 Directed by Sadao Nakajima 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.

Country Japan

Production Country Japan

Language Japanese

Spoken Language Japanese

Gnere Documentary

Production Company Yoshimoto Kogyo

Release Date 18 October 2015

84 mins

Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay 2015 Directed by Sadao Nakajima 時代劇は死なず ちゃんばら美学考

Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay 2015 Directed by Sadao Nakajima 時代劇は死なずちゃんばら美学考