The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords
1964•1h 26m•Released
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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.
Director
Tokuzō Tanaka
Writer
Hajime Takaiwa
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Daiei Film
Cast
Shintarō Katsu
Jirocho
Yukiko Fuji
Ocho
Hiroshi Mizuhara
Take
Saburo Date
Taizō Fukami
Ryūtarō Gomi
Hikosaburo Kataoka
Kei Tani
Reizaburo Yamamoto
Yoshio Yoshida
Shirō Ōtsuji
San'emon Arashi
Mitsuyo Asaka
Goro Hidaka
Jushiro Kobayashi
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