《Hawk of the Fierce》 - Kaiketsuka

Japanese: 《快傑鷹》 - かいけつかた
《Hawk of the Fierce》 - Kaiketsuka

...Bando Tsumasaburo then became independent and teamed up with the Susukita/Futagawa duo to create Orochi (1925), an explosive brawl scene that depicted the resistance and rebellious spirit of the ronin. These works by Susukita Rokkuhei clearly showed the influence of American serials in terms of the speed of the screen development and the characters' movements, and the Susukita/Futagawa duo's The Falcon (1924), starring Takagi Shinpei, was an adaptation of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks. Other examples include Ichikawa Domonosuke's The Ghost of Zorro, and Ichikawa Arataro's Black Priest, which can be considered an adaptation of Robin Hood.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "King Hawk" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そして,阪東妻三郎は独立し,寿々喜多・二川コンビと組んで,浪人の抵抗と反逆の心をすさまじい乱闘シーンで爆発させた《雄呂血(おろち)》(1925)をつくった。 これら寿々喜多呂九平作品には,画面展開と人物の動きの快走感の点で,明らかにアメリカ連続活劇の影響が見られ,寿々喜多・二川コンビの高木新平主演《快傑鷹》(1924)は,ダグラス・フェアバンクス主演《奇傑ゾロ》の翻案であった。ほかにも,市川百々之助《神出鬼没》が《奇傑ゾロ》の,市川荒太郎主演《黒法師》が《ロビン・フッド》の翻案といえる。…

※「《快傑鷹》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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