The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords (1964)
Synopsis
The second film in the "Suruga yukyoden" series, in which Shintaro Katsu plays Jirocho Shimizu. The film features Omasa, Komasa, Ocho, who will become Jirocho's wife, as well as other members of his future family. There is a particularly great swordfight near the end where Katsu and cronies attack the rival villainous yakuza clan to rescue their ailing, elderly boss. The action choreography, cinematography and editing of this sequence is quite brilliant, treading a difficult tightrope act between genuinely goofy antics and exhilirating, bloody violence.
Release Date: 1964-09-17
Runtime: 86 minutes
Director: Tokuzō Tanaka
Top Cast
- Shintarō Katsu as Jirocho
- Yukiko Fuji as Ocho
- Hiroshi Mizuhara as Take
- Saburo Date as
- Taizō Fukami as
- Ryūtarō Gomi as
- Hikosaburo Kataoka as
- Kei Tani as
- Reizaburo Yamamoto as
- Yoshio Yoshida as
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