The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords

駿河遊侠傳 破れ鉄火

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.

Director

Tokuzō Tanaka

Screenplay

Hajime Takaiwa

Music

Akira Ifukube

Status

Released

Release date

17/09/1964

Original language

Japanese