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.
Top Billed Cast
Featured Crew
Akira Naitō
Art Direction
Tokuzō Tanaka
Director
Hiroshi Yamada
Editor
Kazuo Miyagawa
Cinematography
Hajime Takaiwa
Screenplay
Kan Shimozawa
Original Story
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
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