Ken

Ken — Plot

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.

• Release date
• March 14, 1964
• Runtime
• 95 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Kenji Misumi

Ken — Cast

Raizō Ichikawa Jiro Kokubun Yukiko Fuji Eri Itami Yūsuke Kawazu Kagawa Akio Hasegawa Mibu Akitake Kōno Kiuchi Yuka Konno Shigeko Fujishiro

J

Junko Kozakura Sanae Mibu Rieko Sumi Hiroko Kokubun