The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords

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The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords

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.

Original Title

駿河遊侠傳 破れ鉄火

Release Date

1964-09-17

Year

1964

Duration

1h 26m

Status

Released

Score

0.00

Production

#yakuza

Cast

Shintarō Katsu

Shintarō Katsu

Jirocho

Yukiko Fuji

Yukiko Fuji

Ocho

Hiroshi Mizuhara

Hiroshi Mizuhara

Take

Saburo Date

Saburo Date

Taizō Fukami

Taizō Fukami

Ryūtarō Gomi

Ryūtarō Gomi

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Hikosaburo Kataoka

Kei Tani

Kei Tani

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Reizaburo Yamamoto

Yoshio Yoshida

Yoshio Yoshida