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.
Cast
Shintarō Katsu
as Jirocho
Yukiko Fuji
as Ocho
Hiroshi Mizuhara
as Take
Saburo Date
as
Taizō Fukami
as
Ryūtarō Gomi
as
Hikosaburo Kataoka
as
Kei Tani
as
Reizaburo Yamamoto
as
Yoshio Yoshida
as
