The Fencing Master

The Fencing Master (1962)

Drama History

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.

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  • Release Date: 1962-09-30
  • Runtime: 1h 26min
  • Director: Shunkai Mizuho

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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

  • Bonta Maru