95 minutes
3/14/1964
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.
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
Yotaro Yajima
Kuniichi Takami
Keijiro Kazama
Gen Kimura
Yoichi Funaki
Machiko Horikawa
Kimiko Tachibana
Nobuko Shingu
Kōichi Mizuhara