Film · Kenji Misumi's Trilogy of the Sword

剣 (1964)

• 14 maart 1964
• 1u 35m

• Drama

Overzicht

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.

Regisseur

三隅研次

Scenaristen

Yukio Mishima, 舟橋和郎

Met in de hoofdrol

市川雷蔵, 藤由紀子, 川津祐介