Shogun Assassin
Regie:
Robert HoustonDrehbuch:
David WeismanBesetzung:
若山富三郎, Kayo Matsuo, 大木実, Akiji Kobayashi, Lamont Johnson, Lennie Weinrib, Sam Weisman, Robert Houston, Sandra Bernhard, David Weisman, Marshall EfronInhalte(1)
Der Film handelt von einem alten Samurai, der nicht nur alt sondern auch langsam senil wird. Überall vermutet er Gegner, weshalb er seine Untergebenen potentielle Feinde aus dem Weg räumen lässt. Irgendwann zeigt sich aber, daß seine Paranoia doch nicht so unangebracht ist, wie man zunächst vermuten möchte. (Verleiher-Text)
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One little, two little, three hundred little ninjas... An absolute cult movie in all imaginable ways. The mysterious Lone Wolf and his son on a journey to find peace of mind (or to damnation; take your pick) leaving along their way by around a hundred dead bodies, gallons and gallons of blood and lots of severed body parts. This is a montage of the first few episodes of a loose series about their journey together. Even so, it contains emotional depth that you would never expect from such a fleeting glimpse. The only, unfortunately serious, objection I have is that in places it is almost too obvious that this is “just" a montage. One of the movies without which Tarantino would have had nothing to borrow from for Kill Bill.
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