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チャンバラ
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1. sword fight; sword play​Abbreviation, See also ちゃんちゃんばらばら
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2. Samurai cinema​In Japan, the term chanbara, also commonly spelled "chambara", is used for this genre, literally "sword fighting" movies, roughly equating to western swashbuckler films. Chanbara is a sub-category of jidaigeki, which equates to period drama. Jidaigeki may refer to a story set in an historical period, though not necessarily dealing with a samurai character or depicting swordplay.
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