The Shogun Assassin Review by B Movie Ben (4 Stars)

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Directed By
Kenji Misumi, Robert Houston

Written By:
Robert Houston, Kazuo Koike, David Weisman

Cast:
Tomisaburo Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo, Shin Kishida, Masahiro Tomikawa

The Shogun Assassin (1980)

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Movie Review by B Movie Ben

August 26th, 2008

Banned in Britain #15

Favorite Movie Quote: "I guess I wish it was different. But a wish is only a wish."

This was one of the video nasties banned in Britiain. It was released uncut in 1999.

I generally hate dubbed movies, and I make no exception for this one. It would have been rated higher had it been subtitled. I hate losing the beauty of the language while watching a film.

For those who want to see a Samurai film that shows the craft as well as the beauty, you could hardly go wrong with this film. Actually two different films joined together to make one, it gives a taste of the Lone Wolf and Cub series.

Tomisaburo Wakayama was magnificent as the Samurai that traveled the roads with his son hiring himself out. You could bring anything to bear and he would dispatch them with ease. No matter how many came to kill him, he always walked away with his son. The Masters of Death were no match.

There is blood, lots of blood. Limbs falling to the ground and blood spurting like from a lawn sprinkler. Death in a Samurai film is not pretty.

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