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The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords (1964)
Directed by Tokuzô Tanaka
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.
Length 86 minutes
Actors
Shintarō Katsu | Yukiko Fuji | Hiroshi Mizuwara | Saburo Date | Taizô Fukami | Ryûtarô Gomi | Hikosaburo Kataoka | Kei Tani | Reisaburô Yamamoto | Yoshio Yoshida | Shirô Ôtsuji | San'emon Arashi | Mitsuyo Asaka | Goro Hidaka | Jushiro Kobayashi | Daimaru Nakata | Raketto Nakata | Shigeru Satoi