剣けん劇げき

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Meanings

swordplay drama; samurai drama

Refers to a genre of theater, film, or television featuring sword fighting, typically set in historical or samurai contexts. The term emphasizes the dramatic, choreographed sword action.

彼かれは剣けん劇げきの舞ぶ台たいで主しゅ役やくを演えんじた。
He played the lead role in a swordplay drama on stage.
この映えい画がは本ほん格かく的てきな剣けん劇げきシーンが売うりだ。
This movie's selling point is its authentic sword-fighting scenes.

Usage patterns

剣けん劇げきを演えんじるto perform a swordplay drama
その俳はい優ゆうは舞ぶ台たいで見み事ごとな剣けん劇げきを演えんじた。
The actor performed a magnificent swordplay drama on stage.
剣けん劇げきを観みるto watch a swordplay drama
祖そ父ふは昔むかしの剣けん劇げきをよく観みていた。
My grandfather often used to watch old swordplay dramas.
剣けん劇げき役やく者しゃan actor who specializes in swordplay drama roles
彼かれは戦せん前ぜんに活かつ躍やくした有ゆう名めいな剣けん劇げき役やく者しゃだった。
He was a famous swordplay-drama actor who was active before the war.

Kanji

剣sabre, sword, blade
劇drama, play

Related words

チャンバラ
チャンバラ is a casual, playful word for sword-fighting scenes (even mock or children's play), while 剣劇 is the formal term for the dramatic stage/film genre.
時じ代だい劇げき
時代劇 is the broader category of period dramas set in old Japan, whereas 剣劇 specifically denotes those built around choreographed sword fighting.

Counted with

話わ
「話」 is used to count individual episodes or installments of a 剣劇 (sword-fighting drama) work.
幕まくN3
Used to count 剣劇 (sword-fighting drama) by act, as in a play's 一幕 (first act).

Etymology

Compound of 剣 (ken, 'sword') and 劇 (geki, 'drama'). The term emerged in the early 20th century to describe a popular theatrical and cinematic genre centered on sword fighting.