Ken
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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.
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Part of Kenji Misumi's Trilogy of the Sword
3 films
Cast
21 people
Raizō Ichikawa
Jiro Kokubun
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Yukiko Fuji
Eri Itami
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Bronze Magician
Yūsuke Kawazu
Kagawa
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Cruel Story of Youth
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Akio Hasegawa
Mibu
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Irezumi
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Akitake Kōno
Kiuchi
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Sansho the Bailiff
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
Yuka Konno
Shigeko Fujishiro
Known for
Gamera vs. Barugon
Junko Kozakura
Sanae Mibu
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
Tenka ayatsuri-gumi
Rieko Sumi
Hiroko Kokubun
Known for
Sound of the Mountain
Yoshio Inaba
Seiichiro Kokubun
Known for
Seven Samurai
Harakiri
Yotaro Yajima
Also in
Shinsengumi Chronicles
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
Kuniichi Takami
Tada
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The Temple of Wild Geese
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
Keijiro Kazama
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Ōkuma Shigenobu the great
Kenji Misumi Director · Kazuo Funahashi Screenplay Yukio Mishima Author
First release March 14, 1964 · Produced in Japan · Original title 剣
Production
Daiei Film
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
剣
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · March 14, 1964
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
November 22, 2023 · Physical · The Jokers
Russia
February 10, 2015 · Limited theatrical · Screening of Japanese films in State Museum of the East (Moscow)
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