The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords

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The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords (1964)

Directed by Tokuzō Tanaka

Crime, History · 1h 26m

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.

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Cast

Shintarō Katsu Jirocho Yukiko Fuji Ocho Hiroshi Mizuhara Take Saburo Date Taizō Fukami Ryūtarō Gomi
H
Hikosaburo Kataoka Kei Tani
R
Reizaburo Yamamoto Yoshio Yoshida Shirō Ōtsuji
S
San'emon Arashi

Crew

Director
Tokuzō Tanaka
Screenplay
Hajime Takaiwa
Director of Photography
Kazuo Miyagawa
Original Music Composer
Akira Ifukube
Editor
Hiroshi Yamada

Details

Original title
駿河遊侠傳 破れ鉄火
Release date
1964-09-17
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Crime, History
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan
Production
Daiei Film