The Fencing Master (殺陣師段平 (Tateshi Danpei)) 62 years old

The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives for swordfighting – he was once a renowned kabuki swordfight choreographer, and as the Chairman of the New National Theatre Company, he wants nothing more than to choreograph the swordfights for the modern plays put on by the company.

Credits

The Fencing Master Cast

Name Character
Fujio Suga He was 43, 78 years old when he died as Kurahashi Sentaro
Kyû Sazanka He was 21, 29 years old when he died as Hyogoishi
Saburo Date He was 38, 67 years old when he died
Ganjirō Nakamura He was 60, 81 years old when he died as Danpei Ichikawa
Kôichi Mizuhara He was 53, 60 years old when he died
Tokio Oki
Raizō Ichikawa He was 31, 37 years old when he died as Shojiro Sawada
Kinuyo Tanaka She was 51, 66 years old when she died as Oharu
Bonta Maru
Ikuko Môri She was 29, now 91 years old
Taizô Fukami as Doctor
Yûsaku Terashima
Kichijirô Ueda He was 58, 68 years old when he died as Procurer of women
San'emon Arashi He was 55, 73 years old when he died as Company Chief
Sumao Ishihara He was 59, now 121 years old
Hajime Koshikawa
Gen Kimura He was 29, now 91 years old
Seishirô Hara He was 57, now 120 years old
Teruko Omi She was 41, 90 years old when she died
Masayoshi Kikuno
Chieko Naniwa She was 54, 66 years old when she died as Old woman
Miwa Takada She was 15, now 77 years old as Okiku
Tadashi Iwata He was 38, 93 years old when he died
Chitose Maki

The Fencing Master Crew

Name Department
Hiroshi Imai as Director of Photography. He was 21 (now 83) years old Camera
Iwao Ôtani as Sound Recordist. Crew
The Fencing Master poster
The Fencing Master (62 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, September 30, 1962
  • Runtime: 86 minutes