The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 17, 1964

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Daiei Film

Cast

Yoshio Yoshida,Jushiro Kobayashi,Hiroshi Mizuhara,Goro Hidaka,Raketto Nakata,Daimaru Nakata,San'emon Arashi,Yukiko Fuji,Hikosaburo Kataoka,Reizaburo Yamamotoand 8 more

Director

Tokuzō Tanaka

Writer

Kan Shimozawa,Hajime Takaiwa

Cinematography

Kazuo Miyagawa

Music

Akira Ifukube

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt11321528