The Fencing Master

The Fencing Master (1962)

DramaHistory

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.

Director: Shunkai Mizuho
Writer: Akira Kurosawa

Casts

	Ganjirō Nakamura II as Danpei Ichikawa
	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 as
	Ikuko Mōri as
	Keiko Nishioka as
	Akiko Inoue as
	Nobuko Tanei as
	Teruko Ōmi as
	Kōichi Mizuhara as
	Yūsaku Terashima as
	Saburo Date as
	Seishiro Hara as
	Tokio Oki as
	Ichirō Amano as
	Okuyama Asao as
	Sumao Ishihara as
	Tadashi Iwata as
	Gen Kimura as
	Masayoshi Kikuno as
	Hajime Koshikawa as
	Jun Ōsugi as
	Bonta Maru as

Crew