
The Fencing Master
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.
Cast

Keiko Nishioka

Kinuyo Tanaka
Oharu

Nobuko Tanei

Saburo Date

Kichijirō Ueda
Procurer of women

Chieko Naniwa
Old woman

Ganjirō Nakamura II
Danpei Ichikawa

Miwa Takada
Okiku

Fujio Suga
Kurahashi Sentaro

Taizō Fukami
Doctor

Kōichi Mizuhara

Yūsaku Terashima

Gen Kimura

Raizō Ichikawa
Shojiro Sawada

Kyū Sazanka
Hyogoishi

Chitose Maki

Ikuko Mōri

Teruko Ōmi