The Fencing Master
1962
86 minutes
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.
Top Cast
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Danpei Ichikawa
Raizō Ichikawa
Shojiro Sawada
Kinuyo Tanaka
Oharu
Miwa Takada
Okiku
Kyū Sazanka
Hyogoishi
Kichijirō Ueda
Procurer of women
Fujio Suga
Kurahashi Sentaro
San'emon Arashi
Company Chief
Taizō Fukami
Doctor
Chieko Naniwa
Old woman
Chitose Maki
Ikuko Mōri
Keiko Nishioka
Akiko Inoue
Nobuko Tanei
Teruko Ōmi
Kōichi Mizuhara
Yūsaku Terashima
Saburo Date
Seishirō Hara
Tokio Oki
Ichirō Amano
Okuyama Asao
Sumao Ishihara
Tadashi Iwata
Gen Kimura
Masayoshi Kikuno
Hajime Koshikawa
Jun Ōsugi