Film

The Elegant Swordsman

19341h 15mHistory

Director: Sadao Yamanaka
Year: 1934

This film tells the story of a ronin's search for his parents, but primarily is a group portrait of life in a Tokugawa-era tenement. Considered a lost film.

Top cast

Chiezo Kataoka

Isuzu Yamada

Kunio Tamura

Tomoemon Bando

Seinosuke Hayashi

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Yutaka Mimasu

Sumiko Mizunoe

Kajō Onoe

Michisaburō Segawa

Shizuko Takizawa

Haruo Tanaka

Directed by

Sadao Yamanaka

Written by

Kodō Nomura, Sadao Yamanaka