Aiki (film)

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.

Aiki
Film poster
Directed byDaisuke Tengan
Produced byHisao Iino
Shunsuke Koga
Yasushi Matsuda
Written byDaisuke Tengan
StarringHaruhiko Katô
Rie Tomosaka
Chiaki Hara
Shōhei Hino
Music byYôko Kumagai
Hidehiko Urayama
CinematographyYi-shu Yi
Edited byHirohide Abe
Release date
  • August 30, 2002 (2002-08-30) (Venice)
Running time
119 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The film premiered at the 2002 Venice Film Festival.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Aiki". TimeOut. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  2. Rooney, David (August 30, 2002). "Aiki". Retrieved July 10, 2020.


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