Ken (film)
| Ken Huang | |
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| Directed by | Kenji Misumi |
| Written by | Kazuro Funabashi Yukio Mishima (novel) |
| Produced by | Hiroaki Fujii |
| Starring | Raizo Ichikawa Yûsuke Kawazu Hisaya Morishige |
| Cinematography | Chishi Makiura |
| Music by | Sei Ikeno |
| Distributed by | Daiei Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Sword (剣, Ken) is a 1964 Japanese film directed by Kenji Misumi. From a screenplay by Kazuro Funabashi, based upon the short story Ken (Sword) by Yukio Mishima.[1]
Synopsis
The story is centered on Kokubu Jiro (Raizo Ichikawa), a prominent member of his university's Kendo dojo.
Starring
- Raizo Ichikawa - Jiro Kokubun
- Hisaya Morishige - Kagawa
- Akio Hasegawa - Mibu
- Noriko Sengoku - Mibu
- Chikako Miyagi - Kiuchi
- Keiju Kobayashi - Eri Itami
- Yuka Konno - Sheko Fujishiro
- Junko Kozakura - Sanae Mibu
- Yoshio Inaba - Seiichiro Kokubun
- Rieko Sumi - Horoko Kokubun
References
- ^ Japanese Films 1963 -- Page 182 Kenji MISUMI Born Kyoto, ... 1960 "Shinsengumi Shimatsuki" 1963 "Kyojin Okuma Shigenobu" 1963 The Sword (Ken) 1964
External links
- Ken at IMDb
- A review of the film at Midnight Eye
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