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.

• Release Date: 2015-10-18
• Runtime: 1h 24min
• Production Company: Yoshimoto Kogyo
• Production Country: Japan
• Director: Sadao Nakajima