The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords (1964)
The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords (1964) - Crime Movies 86 minutes. Suruga yukyoden: Yabure Tekka. 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. yakuza
Released: Sep 17, 1964
Runtime: 86 minutes
Stars: Shintarō Katsu, Yukiko Fuji, Hiroshi Mizuhara, Saburo Date, Taizō Fukami, Ryūtarō Gomi
Crew: Tokuzō Tanaka (Director), Kan Shimozawa (Original Story), Hajime Takaiwa (Screenplay), Kazuo Miyagawa (Cinematography), Akira Ifukube (Music), Akira Naitô (Art Direction)
