Aiki is a 2002 Japanese film about a martial artist in a wheelchair, directed and written by Daisuke Tengan. It is loosely based on the life of a Danish practitioner of the Roppokai branch of Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu, Ole Kingston Jensen, who started training in Daitō-ryū after he was handicapped in an accident and now is the highest ranking non-Japanese member of the Roppokai.[2]
| Aiki | |
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| Directed by | Daisuke Tengan |
| Written by | Daisuke Tengan |
| Produced by | Hisao Iino Shunsuke Koga Yasushi Matsuda |
| Starring | Haruhiko Katô Rie Tomosaka Chiaki Hara Shōhei Hino |
| Cinematography | Yi-shu Yi |
| Edited by | Hirohide Abe |
| Music by | Yôko Kumagai Hidehiko Urayama |
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Running time | 119 minutes[1] |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The film premiered at the 2002 Venice Film Festival.[3]
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- Aiki at IMDb
- Interview with Ole Kingston Jensen at aikidojournal.com
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