The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords (1964)
1h 26m
Running Time
September 17, 1964Release Date

The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords (1964)
1h 26m
Running Time
September 17, 1964Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Shintarō Katsu
Jirocho

Yukiko Fuji
Ocho

Hiroshi Mizuhara
Take

Saburo Date

Taizō Fukami

Ryūtarō Gomi

Hikosaburo Kataoka

Kei Tani

Reizaburo Yamamoto

Yoshio Yoshida

Shirō Ōtsuji

Ikuo Kubodera
ProductionDesigner

Akira Naitô
Art Direction

Kazuo Miyagawa
Cinematography

Tokuzō Tanaka
Director

Kan Shimozawa
Original Story

Hiroshi Yamada
Editor

Hajime Takaiwa
Screenplay

Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer

Raketto Nakata

San'emon Arashi

Mitsuyo Asaka

Goro Hidaka

Jushiro Kobayashi

Daimaru Nakata

Shigeru Satoi
Media.

Details.
Release DateSeptember 17, 1964
Original Name駿河遊侠傳 破れ鉄火
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 26m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
yakuza