The Samurai fought for their warlord or Daimyo and took part in a number of battles, especially in the 'Warring States' Sengoku period in the late 16th and early 17th century. Wearing armor, even though not as heavy as European armor, the Samurai duel with an opponent may not have been as beautifully choreographed as you see in the movies, wearing fashionable kimono and hakama, using sweeping sword technique. Don't you think it would be chaotic, noisy and terrifying?
That's how we saw and felt it when we were filming this meeting of Samurai at the annual Kobudo (old way of martial arts) demonstrations at the Nippon Budokan just before Covid shut down Japan.

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