The Fencing Master
殺陣師段平
Release: 1962-09-30
·Runtime: 86m
·★ 5.5
Drama
History
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Daiei Film
Cast
Gen Kimura
Nobuko Tanei
Saburo Date
Tokio Oki
Miwa Takada
as Okiku
Fujio Suga
as Kurahashi Sentaro
Taizō Fukami
as Doctor
Chitose Maki
Yūsaku Terashima
Kyū Sazanka
as Hyogoishi
Kōichi Mizuhara
Ganjirō Nakamura II
as Danpei Ichikawa
Kinuyo Tanaka
as Oharu
Chieko Naniwa
as Old woman
Ikuko Mōri
Keiko Nishioka
Kichijirō Ueda
as Procurer of women
Teruko Ōmi
Raizō Ichikawa
as Shojiro Sawada
