The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords

Sep 17, 1964

1h 26m

★ 0.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Crime

History

Production Companies

Daiei Film

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Cast

Jirocho

Shintarō Katsu

Ocho

Yukiko Fuji

Take

Hiroshi Mizuhara

Saburo Date

Taizō Fukami

Ryūtarō Gomi

Hikosaburo Kataoka

Kei Tani

Reizaburo Yamamoto

Yoshio Yoshida

Shirō Ōtsuji

San'emon Arashi

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