Disc one shogun assassin the film audio commentary with film scholar ric meyers and martial arts scholar steve watson for shogun assassin interview with scott houle the english dub director for shogun assassin 35 31. Shogun assassin 1980 film online subtitrat filme online hd. Shogun assassin samurai killer ninja japanese martial arts toshiro mifune. For the best possible image quality, we used the original shogun assassin as a guide to completely reconstruct the movie using our pristine masters of the original two lone wolf and cub films. When the wife of the shoguns decapitator is murdered and he is ordered to commit. The legend of lone wolf and cub continues a shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. Shogun assassin soundtrack from 1980, composed by w. Shogun assassin coming to bluray from animeigo scifi japan. Travels with his son, daigoro, in search of the shogun that is paranoid of his skills. The american producers have even improved slightly on the original material by having the film narrated by daigoro who says absolutely nothing in the original films.
Anyway, i realized after watching it that the movie is actually a compilation of two 1972 kenji. So i am at an utter loss as to how it arrived at my doorstep a month ago. In 2006 it was restored and rereleased on dvd in the united states by animeigo shogun assassin was edited and compiled from the first two films in the lone wolf and cub series, using 12 minutes of the first film, lone wolf and cub. Actie avontuur film geregisseerd door robert houston en kenji misumi. Check out shogun assassin original motion picture soundtrack by w. Shogun assassin 1980 online subtitrat filme online. Shinikazeni mukau ubaguruma literally wolf with child in tow. The extreme violence in shogun assassin was a response to declining movie attendance in japan, which by the time the first lone wolf and cub movie was made daiei, the original studio, when bankrupt one day while star wakayama and his famous younger brother, actorproducer shintaro katsu, were on location, shooting the film. This means the film is very episodic and the motivation for ogamis fallout with the shogun only sketchily drawn, but this really does not. Perambulator against the winds, but probably better known as. Shogun assassin 1980 directed by robert houston written by. Shogun assassin 1980 directed by robert houston, kenji. The most famous samurai film in the western world is finally coming to north america in the clearest and most pristine version ever seen by man, woman, or ninja.
Behind the opening sequence of shogun assassin, a very young child, speaking. Shogun assassin shogun assassin 1980 film cinemagia. Although often mentioned among video nasty titles the film was never. More a greatest hits movie than an actual standalone film of its own, shogun assassin is the delirious hybrid of two episodes of the popular baby cart series. Shogun assassin, known in japan as kozure okami, is a jidaigeki film made for the british and american markets and.
Shogun, he and his fouryearold son escape and become assassins for hire. Animeigo proudly celebrates the 30th anniversary of the legendary samurai cult classic, shogun assassin, by announcing the first ever highdefinition version of the film. A feature movie that was based on the lone wolf and cub television series which deals with a samurai, turned assassin for hire, and his young son are constantly on the move for they are being hunted while they hunt as well. In the early seventies there were six films made from the popular samurai manga, lone wolf and cub. Directed by kenji misumi, robert houston and buichi saito. Rzaacclaimed rapper, producer, and directorand dan halstedhead. Shogun assassin is a weird piece of cinema product that are actually an edited version of the two first films of a japanese film series known as the lone wolf and cub series. Shogun assassin 1980 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Baby cart at the river styx, while theres supposed to only be about 12 minutes used from the very. Expand your home video library from a huge online selection of movies at.
Tomisaburo wakayama, masahiro tomikawa, kayo matsuo, minoru oki en. Michael lewis, mark lindsay, wonderland philharmonic on amazon music. The first two films in this series, sword of vengeance and baby cart at the river styx, were edited into one single film and dubbed into english. The new format including all new dubbing tracks produced by scott houle for sa parts 35 are excellent and will be a nice alternative for those who prefer nonsubtitled films. For those unfamiliar with shogun assassin, a quick history lesson is required to understand what this film is all about. The shogun however grew paranoid as he became more and more senile. Shogun assassin is actually an amalgam of two 1972 films titled lone wolf and cub.
Shogun assassin 1980 changes the movie database tmdb. It uses mostly footage from the second film called lone wolf and cub. The 1980 soundtrack to the iconic martial arts films. The greatest team in the history of mass slaughter. Released by snailworx in 2012 containing music from shogun assassin 1980. Shogun assassin is one of the best samurai movies of all time and a great introduction to japanese films, and it was the film that sent. Shogun assassin original motion picture soundtrack by w.
When the wife of the shoguns decapitator is murdered and he is ordered to commit suicide by the paranoid shogun, he and his fouryearold son escape and become assassins for hire, embarking on a journey of blood and violent death. The samurai swore to avenge the death of his wife and roams the countryside with his toddler son in search of vengeance. Met tomisaburo wakayama, kayo matsuo en minoru ohki. The producer decided to join the best bits of these two films using around 10 minutes of the first film as a precredits flashback. Kozure okami lone wolf and cub is a well known manga series that was first published in the 1970s that told the story of a shogunate executioner who one day returns home to find his wife and entire household murdered by the shadow yagyu clan.
Though not strictly a part of the dpp list this, along with xtro have been so commonly associated with it that it was always part of the mandate of this series. Shogun assassin 1980 online subtitrat filme online noi. Baby cart at the river styx 1972 lone wolf and cub. Classic original trailer for one time video nastie, shogun assassin, 1980. The shogun assassin is a 1980 martial arts thriller about a 17th century samurai warrior who is forced to go on the run with his young son.
The movie, which is directed by robert houston, is actually a compilation of two films from the lone wolf and cub series. In 2006 it was restored and rereleased on dvd in the. More a greatest hits movie than an actual standalone film of its own, shogun assassin is the delirious hybrid of two episodes of the popular baby cart. Barefoot in the park 1967 dvd rip h264 avc high l3. The signature image in shogun assassin is the shot at the end of the duel between ogami and lord kurando the shoguns first son. Hang your posters in dorms, bedrooms, offices, or anywhere blank walls arent welcome. It was credited to its original director kenji misumi and its original writers kazuo koike and goseki kojima as. Shogun assassin nude scenes 7 images and 3 videos including appearances from kayo matsuo reiko kasahara.
Staring michiyo yasuda, michi azuma, shin kishida and shoji kobayashi. Lone wolf and cub sword of vengeance, and lone wolf and cub baby cart at the river styx. Shogun assassin was spliced together for the western market in 1980 from. This reedited amalgam of the first two lone wolf and cub films presents a more straight forward action film with some interesting aspects. Shogun assassin takes about 10 minutes from the first film in the series, sword of vengeance, to set the back story before using the female ninjas and masters of death from baby cart at the river styx. The wonderland philharmonic shogun assassin ost boomkat. Ninjas, shogun and lone warriors on a rampage of revenge. Shogun assassin is a jidaigeki film made for the british and american markets and released in 1980. A shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. The cult film beloved of quentin tarantino is rereleased uncut on dvd. The film really just works as a japanese western about the shogun a man. Shogun assassin liner notes this title is now outofprint shogun assassin bluray notes. Shogun assassin is an awesome movie and the only time a foreign film being tampered with by americans was a good thing.
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