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Rating: 8 stars

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Japan samurai escort protection bodyguard sword fight Ninja child tku-tv chanbara dkutv horses chase

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Shogun's Shadow (1989)

Directed by Yasuo Furuhata

Action | Adventure | Thriller

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Overview

A shogun’s eldest son must do whatever it takes to survive a series of attempts on his life. He receives much-needed aid from seven warriors who are led by a strong leader.

Length 114 minutes

Actors

Ken Ogata | Sonny Chiba | Hiroki Matsukata | Hiroyuki Nagato | Tetsurō Tamba | Masaki Kyômoto | Kanô Miyuki | Yuji Oda | Tadashi Naruse | Ippei Shigeyama | Sayoko Ninomiya | Seizô Fukumoto | Hu Jian Qiang | Takeshi Maya | Toshihiro Asari | Norihito Arai

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Viewing Notes

Holy shit this movie. Get this damn thing on Blu already. This is a balls to the wall action thriller from the word go and could’ve been called SEVEN SAMURAI ON THE RUN bc that’s what this is… seven mercs for hire given a job to protect a kid, the eldest son of the shogun who wants him dead, and escort the kid to Edo. The super skilled samurai face gangs and armies ruled by the shogun and led by Evil Sonny Chiba. It’s literally road trip Seven Samurai with the big stunt filmmaking of the 1980s… big explosions and crazy stunts amid sword fighting and bloodshed. It’s nuts!

I’ve never seen Ken Ogata in a film like this where he’s the badass samurai hero. He was 52 at the time and so impressive fucking dudes up. The final big setpiece reminded me of 13 ASSASSINS. I’m overdue on a revisit for that one.

If there is a downside it’s the insane danger they put these horses thru. I had to look away a few times bc it’s so violent. I don’t believe they had any animal safety personnel on these sets or if they did they didn’t do much. It’s rough. I almost wonder if that could be reason this movie is not available on home media here. Probably not but eesh those scenes are not easy to watch.

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