Ken

Ken

Part of Kenji Misumi's Trilogy of the Sword

1964•1h 35m•7.8/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.8/10(12)

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.

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Daiei Film

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Cast

Raizō Ichikawa

Raizō Ichikawa

Jiro Kokubun

Yukiko Fuji

Yukiko Fuji

Eri Itami

Yūsuke Kawazu

Yūsuke Kawazu

Kagawa

Akio Hasegawa

Akio Hasegawa

Mibu

Akitake Kōno

Kiuchi

Yuka Konno

Yuka Konno

Shigeko Fujishiro

Junko Kozakura

Sanae Mibu

Rieko Sumi

Rieko Sumi

Hiroko Kokubun

Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio Inaba

Seiichiro Kokubun

Yotaro Yajima

Kuniichi Takami

Kuniichi Takami

Tada

Keijiro Kazama

Gen Kimura

Gen Kimura

Yoichi Funaki

Machiko Horikawa

Machiko Horikawa

Kimiko Tachibana

Kimiko Tachibana

Nobuko Shingu

Kōichi Mizuhara

Kōichi Mizuhara

Hisaya Morishige

Hisaya Morishige

Mibu

Noriko Sengoku

Noriko Sengoku

Kiuchi

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