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Ken 1964 Directed by Kenji Misumi 剣

Kokubu, captain of his university's kendo team, is a mystery to those who know him: An ascetic dedicated to a point of obsession with the simplicity and beauty of the sword arts. Kagawa, a promising but arrogant kendo student, is attracted to Kokubu's devout leadership but kept at a distance by his standoffish nature. With the national championships fast approaching, the pair clash as Kokubu drives his students with increasingly rigorous training and Kagawa tests Kokubu's grip on the class.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gnere Drama
Production Company Daiei Film
Release Date 14 March 1964
95 mins
Cast
Raizō Ichikawa
Raizō Ichikawa Jiro Kokubun
Yukiko Fuji
Yukiko Fuji Eri Itami
Yūsuke Kawazu
Yūsuke Kawazu Kagawa
Akio Hasegawa
Akio Hasegawa Mibu
Akitake Kōno
Akitake Kōno Kiuchi
Yuka Konno
Yuka Konno Shigeko Fujishiro
Junko Kozakura
Junko Kozakura Sanae Mibu
Rieko Sumi
Rieko Sumi Hiroko Kokubun
Yoshio Inaba
Yoshio Inaba Seiichiro Kokubun
Yotaro Yajima
Yotaro Yajima
Kuniichi Takami
Kuniichi Takami Tada
Keijiro Kazama
Keijiro Kazama
Gen Kimura
Gen Kimura
Yoichi Funaki
Yoichi Funaki
Machiko Horikawa
Machiko Horikawa
Kimiko Tachibana
Kimiko Tachibana
Nobuko Shingu
Nobuko Shingu
Kōichi Mizuhara
Kōichi Mizuhara
Hisaya Morishige
Hisaya Morishige Mibu
Noriko Sengoku
Noriko Sengoku Kiuchi
Keiju Kobayashi
Keiju Kobayashi Eri Itami
Crew
Director
Kenji Misumi
Kenji Misumi
Writer
Kazuo Funahashi
Kazuo Funahashi
Producer
Hiroaki Fujii
Hiroaki Fujii
Cinematography
Chikashi Makiura
Chikashi Makiura
Composer
Sei Ikeno
Sei Ikeno
Editor
Kanji Suganuma
Kanji Suganuma
Original Writer
Yukio Mishima
Yukio Mishima
Art Direction
Akira Naitō
Akira Naitō
Set Designer
Takashi Kawaguchi
Takashi Kawaguchi
Lighting
Reijiro Yamashita
Reijiro Yamashita
Assistant Director
Toshikata Tomoeda
Toshikata Tomoeda
Part of Kenji Misumi's Trilogy of the Sword
Destiny's Son
Sword Devil