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The Fort of Death (1969)
Directed by Eiichi Kudo
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The second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group of farmers being driven to despair by the vile Lord Ozeki. The villainous lord has driven them to mounting their last stand at a deserted fort against an army of attackers. Wakayama Tomisaburo is superb as an expert in killing and military tactics, who leaves his medical practice at a clinic for the poor in order to counter the vicious tactics of that vile lord.
Length 97 minutes
Actors
Tomisaburo Wakayama | Tomoko Mayama | Sanae Tsuchida | Bin Amatsu | Kenji Ushio | Teruo Ishiyama | Shin Tokudaiji | Eizô Kitamura | Kôji Sekiyama | Shôtarô Hayashi | Kenji Kusumoto | Kin'ya Suzuki | Junko Toda | Yasuko Matsui | Kinji Nakamura | Yuriko Iwamura | Kinjirô Tooyama | Katsutoshi Akiyama | Daizen Shishido | Masaru Shiga | Isao Takanami | Sen Okaji | Teruo Fujinaga | Hideo Fujimoto | Shinji Oda | Fumio Terauchi | Takatoshi Misama | Masataka Sako | Tadahiro Sako | Yuka Saegusa | Seizô Fukumoto | Gentarô Mori | Asao Koike | Ichirô Nakatani | Kanjûrô Arashi | Gorô Ibuki | Minoru Oki
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/07/2024 | TV | Blu-ray | Owned | 6.5 stars |
| (Average) 6.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Interesting sequel that feels more like it was a reaction to the likely success of the first movie than something that was planned from the start. Where the first film is a jidaigeki James Bond adventure this movie is a Seven Samurai riff that plays like a war movie.
Crazy that Tomoko Mayama is back but in the Kagero role that was Yumiko Nogawa’s character in the previous film. I like Mayama a lot but she doesn’t get the same screentime and fun moments as in the first movie.
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