Jirôchô Fuji (1959)

Jirôchô Fuji: Directed by Kazuo Mori. With Kazuo Hasegawa, Raizô Ichikawa, Shintarô Katsu, Jun Negami. An all-star cast from Daiei Film Company has made “the ultimate Jirocho movie” about the legendary yakuza Shimizu no Jirocho, the biggest Boss in the Tokaido area.

“If you want to see a biography like picture then find another. If you want to see an entertaining yakuza movie with a lot of sword fighting and some comic reliefs then this may be a good choice for you.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie and story does not take itself too serious. To be honest I do not know if this character ever lived but if he did then he can at least be happy he have entertained some people in afterlife. The movie is a bit silly at times but for me in a nice way.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eUnfortunately the copy I saw was quite bad so I cannot say too much about the camera work but acting seemed quite fine here. Plot is moving along at a good pace so you should not get bored.”