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 dates	March 14, 1965 (1965-03-14)
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

Films directed by Kenji Misumi

Asatarō garasu (1956)
Flowery Brothers (1956)
Gonpachi (1956)
Freelance Samurai (1957)
Ghost-Cat Wall of Hatred (1958)
The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)
Destiny's Son (1962)
Ken (1964)
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice (1972)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973)

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