Ken
14/03/1964
2h

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


Kuniichi Takami
Tada
Keijiro Kazama


Gen Kimura
Yoichi Funaki


Machiko Horikawa


Kimiko Tachibana
Nobuko Shingu


Kōichi Mizuhara


Hisaya Morishige
Mibu


Noriko Sengoku
Kiuchi


Keiju Kobayashi
Eri Itami
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