Ken (film)

Ken Huang
Directed by	Kenji Misumi
Produced by	Hiroaki Fujii
Written by	Kazuro Funabashi Yukio Mishima (novel)
Starring	Raizo Ichikawa Yusuke Kawazu Hisaya Morishige
Music by	Sei Ikeno
Cinematography	Chishi Makiura
Distributed by	Daiei Film
Release date(s)	March 14, 1964
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Sword (剣, Ken) is a 1964 Japanese film directed by Kenji Misumi. From a screenplay by Kazuro Funabashi, based upon the short story Ken (Sword) by Yukio Mishima.

Synopsis

The story is centered on Kokubu Jiro (Raizo Ichikawa), a prominent member of his university's Kendo dojo.

Starring

• Raizo Ichikawa - Jiro Kokubun
• Hisaya Morishige - Kagawa
• Akio Hasegawa - Mibu
• Noriko Sengoku - Mibu
• Chikako Miyagi - Kiuchi
• Keiju Kobayashi - Eri Itami
• Yuka Konno - Sheko Fujishiro
• Junko Kozakura - Sanae Mibu
• Yoshio Inaba - Seiichiro Kokubun
• Rieko Sumi - Horoko Kokubun

External links

• Ken at the Internet Movie Database
• A review of the film at Midnight Eye