The Fencing Master
1962The 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.
Acted in
Raizō Ichikawa
as Shojiro Sawada
Kinuyo Tanaka
as Oharu
Miwa Takada
as Okiku
Kyū Sazanka
as Hyogoishi
Kichijirō Ueda
as Procurer of women
Fujio Suga
as Kurahashi Sentaro
San'emon Arashi
as Company Chief
Taizō Fukami
as Doctor
Chieko Naniwa
as Old woman
Chitose Maki
Ikuko Mōri
Keiko Nishioka
Akiko Inoue
Nobuko Tanei
Teruko Omi
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
Bonta Maru
Ganjirō Nakamura II
as Danpei Ichikawa