Art of the Japanese Sword

Art of the Japanese Sword (2010)

Documentary

The Japanese sword ... prized as much for its exceptional beauty as for it's deadly cutting ability. It has endured for a thousand years as the pinnacle of Japanese culture. Now you can enter a world rarely seen by outsiders. To experience the true story of the Art of the Samurai Sword. A story told in the swordsmiths own words that separate the myth from the fact. Follow the swordsmiths dream of creating a masterpiece. From the quest to making an ancient steel to forging a blade equal to those of the Kamakura, a medieval period that produced the greatest swords in history.

Director: Jon Braeley

Casts

	Ando Hiroyasu as
	Ishida Kunihisa as
	Kawachi Kunihira as
	Kawashima Masaki as
	Manabe Sumihira as
	Matsuda Tsuguyasu as
	Myochin Munehiro as
	Paul Martin as

Crew