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Ken

7.8 95 mins Drama   1964
Daiei Film  
Director(s): Kenji Misumi

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.

Casts of Ken

Raizō Ichikawa

as Jiro Kokubun

Yukiko Fuji

as Eri Itami

Yūsuke Kawazu

as Kagawa

Akio Hasegawa

as Mibu

Akitake Kōno

as Kiuchi

Yuka Konno

as Shigeko Fujishiro

Junko Kozakura

as Sanae Mibu

Rieko Sumi

as Hiroko Kokubun

Yoshio Inaba

as Seiichiro Kokubun

Kuniichi Takami

as Tada

Noriko Sengoku

as Kiuchi

Keiju Kobayashi

as Eri Itami

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