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 Jirochos 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