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Rating: 8.5 stars

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35mm Music Box Japan film festival exploitation samurai sword fight revenge child Ninja katana assassin

All movies seen on 06/05/2016

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Shogun Assassin (1980)

Directed by Robert Houston, Kenji Misumi

Action

Overview

A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai’s wife. The samurai swore to avenge the death of his wife and roams the countryside with his toddler son in search of vengeance.

Length 85 minutes

Actors

Tomisaburo Wakayama | Akihiro Tomikawa | Kayo Matsuo | Minoru Oki | Shin Kishida | Shogen Nitta | Reiko Kasahara | Akiji Kobayashi | Taketoshi Naitô | Tokio Oki

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Secret screening movie and Dan Halsted’s favorite movie. I can understand why. This combines all the best bits from the first two Lone Wolf and Cub movies and turns them into a real grindhouse exploitation flick. Great to see this print again (we saw the same print 3 years ago at the Patio). Such a fun movie to see in theater with a big crowd. The voice actor for Daigoro is spot on perfect.

One thing I really noticed this time is how incredible the score is. I would love to own this score! Definitely more 80s than 70s and very Carpenter-esque.

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