I will start off this blog by sharing one of my favorite films. Shogun Assassin is an edited version of the first two Lone Wolf and Cub films.
The plot for the movie is that the Shogun turns paranoid, sends ninja assassins to murder Ogami Itto. But the ninjas don't find him home and murder his wife. This is where he begins his path of vengeance, a path he takes with his son Daigoro. The movie is from the point of view of the kid, how he grows up walking the path of death.
An interesting old school samurai film, with some really well done scenes. The English dub even has some cheesy lines, if you are into that sort of thing (I am).
After seeing several samurai films, i'll definitely consider picking this one up :) Thanks for the post
ReplyDeleteCould you prove us with a link so that we can get this movie ASAP. As a great japanophile I am [training martial arts for 7 years now] I would really like to see it.
ReplyDeleteCheers
never heard of this movie before, will try to watch it.
ReplyDeleteSome of my favorite things here
ReplyDeleteenglish dub huh?
ReplyDeleteso this has japanese voicing then. interesting.
english dubs annoy me
ReplyDeletei will have to look this one up!
ReplyDeleteOuch it looks very old :S
ReplyDeleteI have great respect for any film that influenced the mind of Quentin Tarantino!
ReplyDeletesounds cool
ReplyDeletemmmm not bad at all :D
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing ;)