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The Fencing Master (1962)
Directed by Shunkai Mizuho
Overview
The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives for swordfighting – he was once a renowned kabuki swordfight choreographer, and as the Chairman of the New National Theatre Company, he wants nothing more than to choreograph the swordfights for the modern plays put on by the company.
Length 86 minutes
Actors
Raizō Ichikawa | Kinuyo Tanaka | Miwa Takada | Kyû Sazanka | Kichijirô Ueda | Fujio Suga | San'emon Arashi | Taizô Fukami | Chieko Naniwa | Chitose Maki | Ikuko Môri | Keiko Nishioka | Akiko Inoue | Nobuko Tanei | Teruko Omi | Kôichi Mizuhara | Yûsaku Terashima | Saburo Date | Seishirô Hara | Tokio Oki | Ichirô Amano | Okuyama Asao | Sumao Ishihara | Tadashi Iwata | Gen Kimura | Masayoshi Kikuno | Hajime Koshikawa | Jun Ôsugi | Bonta Maru | Ganjirô Nakamura