Kokubu Jiro is the captain of his university’s Kendo team. Often standoffish, mild, stoic and minimalist, Kokubu is a mystery to those who know him. Kagawa wants to understand Kokubu, but being arrogant and flashy, has a hard time connecting with Kokubu.
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This movie is well worth your time. Is it about obsession? Obsession for kendo? Kendo here seems somewhat besides the point. Razo ichikawa is terrific here In fact everybody in this is good. It is a great character study. However I have to confess I don’t really understand the character. This reinforces my newfound love for Japanese film, particularly of the ’60s, kinji misumi’s ’60s I suppose. This movie seems to want to say something about Japan, the Marshall culture around kendo is it commenting on Japan., I’m sure it is but I’m not sure what it is trying to say? As a Westerner it’s difficult to get my head around it. This movie deserves to be seen because it’s audacious and it would never get made today. Which is a good reason to see it as I can think of.