Kokubu, captain of his university's kendo team, is a mystery to those who know him: An ascetic dedicated to a point of obsession with the simplicity and beauty of the sword arts. Kagawa, a promising but arrogant kendo student, is attracted to Kokubu's devout leadership but kept at a distance by his standoffish nature. With the national championships fast approaching, the pair clash as Kokubu drives his students with increasingly rigorous training and Kagawa tests Kokubu's grip on the class.
Cast
Raizō Ichikawa
Jiro Kokubun
Yukiko Fuji
Eri Itami
Yūsuke Kawazu
Kagawa
Akio Hasegawa
Mibu
Akitake Kōno
Kiuchi
Yuka Konno
Shigeko Fujishiro
Junko Kozakura
Sanae Mibu
Rieko Sumi
Hiroko Kokubun
Yoshio Inaba
Seiichiro Kokubun
Yotaro Yajima
Unknown
Kuniichi Takami
Tada
Keijiro Kazama
Unknown
Gen Kimura
Unknown
Yoichi Funaki
Unknown
Machiko Horikawa
Unknown
Kimiko Tachibana
Unknown
Nobuko Shingu
Unknown
Kōichi Mizuhara
Unknown
Hisaya Morishige
Mibu
Noriko Sengoku
Kiuchi
Keiju Kobayashi
Eri Itami
Crew
Kenji Misumi
Director
Kazuo Funahashi
Screenplay
Yukio Mishima
Novel
Kanji Suganuma
Editor
Chikashi Makiura
Director of Photography
Toshikata Tomoeda
Assistant Director
Hiroaki Fujii
Producer
Masahiro Okumura
Sound Recordist
Reijiro Yamashita
Lighting Technician
Sei Ikeno
Original Music Composer
Takashi Kawaguchi
Set Designer
Akira Naitō
Art Direction
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