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Ken , also known as The Sword, is a 1964 Japanese film directed by Kenji Misumi. The film's screenplay was written by Kazuro Funabashi, based upon the short story of the same name by Yukio Mishima.

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Ken (Japanese: 剣), also known as The Sword, is a 1964 Japanese film directed by Kenji Misumi. The film's screenplay was written by Kazuro Funabashi, based upon the short story of the same name by Yukio Mishima.

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Synopsis

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

Starring

Raizo Ichikawa - Jiro Kokubun

Akio Hasegawa - Mibu

Chikako Miyagi - Kiuchi

Yuka Konno - Sheko Fujishiro

Junko Kozakura - Sanae Mibu

Yoshio Inaba - Seiichiro Kokubun

Rieko Sumi - Horoko Kokubun

Yūsuke Kawazu - Kagawa

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Notable quotes

“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.”
— Ed Rowell, The Foreign Service Journal - August 1996 p.5 (AFSA News section)
“No vision can grasp him, but His grasp is over all vision: He is above all comprehension, yet is acquainted with all things.”
— Quran 6:103
“From now on, everything in life will appear blurry to me. What’s the point of wiping my glasses when my vision has already left me?”
— Sanu Sharma, Pari
“Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible.”
— Jonathan Swift, Thoughts on various subjects (Further thoughts on various subjects), 1745
“Vision without implementation is hallucination.”
— Anonymous proverb, as quoted in Counterpoint, Vol. 2-3 (1991), p. 22 by Ravaya Publishers; sometimes attributed to Bertrand Russell and Benjamin Franklin on the internet, but without any citation of source.
“Monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens, cui lumen ademptum.”
— A monster frightful, formless, immense, with sight removed.

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