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Shogun Assassin (1980)
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11 November 1980 (USA)
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Long ago there was a great samurai warrior who served his Shogun honorably. The Shogun however grew paranoid as he became more and more senile...
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Tomisaburo Wakayama | ... | Ogami Itto | |
| Kayo Matsuo | ... | Supreme Ninja | |
| Minoru Ohki | ... | Master of Death | |
| Akiji Kobayashi | ... | Master of Death | |
| Shin Kishida | ... | Master of Death | |
| Akihiro Tomikawa | ... | Daigoro (as Masahiro Tomikawa) | |
| Lamont Johnson | ... | Voice (voice) | |
| Marshall Efron | ... | Voice (voice) | |
| Sandra Bernhard | ... | Voice (voice) | |
| Vic Davis | ... | Voice (voice) | |
| Lennie Weinrib | ... | Voice (voice) | |
| Lainie Cooke | ... | Voice (voice) | |
| Sam Weisman | ... | Voice (voice) | |
| Mark Lindsay | ... | Voice (voice) | |
| Robert Houston | ... | Voice (voice) |
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86 min
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New Zealand:R18 (re-rating) |
Australia:R |
Singapore:R21 |
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UK:18 (video rating) (1992) |
UK:X (original rating) (cut) |
USA:R |
Norway:18 (video rating) (1984) |
Norway:(Banned) (video) (1986) |
New Zealand:(Banned) (1982-2003) (cinema release) |
Germany:BPjM Restricted
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Mark Lindsay (former lead singer for Paul Revere and the Raiders) co-wrote the music with W. Michael Lewis. The performing credit is listed as "The Wonderland Philharmonic." "Wonderland" refers to the house that Lindsay lived in at one time. However, music cues from the original "Kozure Ôkami" films are also used.
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This is not an actual movie but a re-edited version of the first couple of Japanese 'Kozure Ôkami' movies, with English voices added to it. Nevertheless this doesn't prevent Robert Houston from giving himself full credit for directing and writing this.
It's not like I hated watching this but it all also seemed pretty pointless to me at the same time. This version got obviously made to aim more toward the American market but that of course just doesn't give you the right to just take a bunch of movies and edit them into one and cash in on it.
This re-editing of course also takes away a lot out of the movie. The storytelling isn't always anything too great now and scenes often too rapidly follow each other, without making much sense. It's like a re-edited version of only the action sequences. Guess it's good for the pace of the movie but there is a reason why Japanese movies are often such slow moving ones. It takes its time to build up the story and put down its characters. This of course just isn't very much the case with this movie.
But even so, this still remains a good watch, due to it's great source material. It's action sequences especially stand out and it's one of those movies with exaggerated fight sequences and squirting blood. The fans of the genre will still get a kick out of it, though they would of course most likely prefer the original movies. This movie really made me want to watch the originals as well, so I guess this movie is still good for something.
7/10