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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
Original Title
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Original Language
Japanese
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Kenji Misumi's Trilogy of the Sword
Kenji Misumi's masterpiece samurai trilogy: Kiru, Ken, and Ken Ki
Cast
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Raizō Ichikawa
Jiro Kokubun
Y
Yukiko Fuji
Eri Itami
Y
Yūsuke Kawazu
Kagawa
A
Akio Hasegawa
Mibu
A
Akitake Kōno
Kiuchi
Y
Yuka Konno
Shigeko Fujishiro
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Junko Kozakura
Sanae Mibu
R
Rieko Sumi
Hiroko Kokubun
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Yoshio Inaba
Seiichiro Kokubun
Y
Yotaro Yajima
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Kuniichi Takami
Tada
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Gen Kimura
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Yoichi Funaki
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Machiko Horikawa
K
Kimiko Tachibana
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Nobuko Shingu
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Kōichi Mizuhara
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Hisaya Morishige
Mibu
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Noriko Sengoku
Kiuchi
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Keiju Kobayashi
Eri Itami
