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DVD ~ Tomisaburo Wakayama
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  • Actors: Tomisaburo Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo, Minoru Ohki, Akiji Kobayashi, Shin Kishida
  • Directors: Robert Houston
  • Writers: Robert Houston, David Weisman, Goseki Kojima, Kazuo Koike
  • Producers: David Weisman, Hisaharu Matsubara, Michael Maiello
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Vipco
  • DVD Release Date: 21 Feb 2000
  • Run Time: 81 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004RCNQ
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 25,305 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Special Features
English
Region 0
Dolby Digital Mono English
Dolby Digital Mono
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Picture Gallery
Original Theatrical Trailer


Synopsis
Lone Wolf, a shogun master, turns against lone wolf, his faithful head-cutting samurai servant. Vengeance forces into battle against the shogun, the shogun's son, and a host of shogun Ninja warriors.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Mean, Moody and Magnificent- blood spurting genius., 17 Jul 2004
By "marcusmuck" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shogun Assassin [DVD] [1981] (DVD)
This surely ranks as one of the greatest genre pictures of all time.

I could watch it time and time again- and I'm about to buy as many of these in the series as I can.

Basically it's an American rip off of bits from the first 2-3 Japanese 'Lone Wolf and Cub' epics. As such it's very disjointed, tacky, badly dubbed with bizarre electronic music (a bit like an early John Carpenter film).

But it's an absolute gem.

The moody lighting and weird melodramatic characters, odd camerawork and general low budget effects all add to an experience that will stay with you.

Be warned though, there's no ending as such- more like a 'to be continued' situation.
From it's voice-over beginnings to freeze frame end it's full of one lines- ludicrous and insane.

This is a masterpiece- I can't wait for the originals to come through my door.

p.s It's a shame but there aren't any special bonus features on the DVD. Never mind- maybe they'll do a boxed set!

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Your technique is magnificent, 4 Oct 2002
You can't really do this film justice in a couple of paragraphs of online review - it is simply one of the best Martial Arts movies I've ever seen.

Magnificent technique, hilarious bloodletting, and some of the best comedy dubbing around. The plot is awesome, the characters are great and the fight scenes are just breathtaking.

The lead character, Lone Wolf, is just ultra, ultra hard and dispatches his foes with superb skill and focused violence. The bad guys are just brilliant - three hard dude in straw hats with deep voices.

There is a rather large slice of unintended comedy in this film (think Monty Python Black Knight fight scene), but it just adds to Lone Wolf's hardness and make sit more fun to watch.

As I said, words fail this movie, but if I had to sum it up in three words I'd say, "Buy it today".

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The most goirest matrial arts film ever!, 5 Oct 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: Shogun Assassin [DVD] [1981] (DVD)
The above title is a quotation from the box and indeed it is. Edited together from six different films, this is essential veiwing and is a classic dismemberment movie. The dubbing is excellent. A samari is disgraced when his wife is raped and killed by the Shogun, so along with his boy who he takes in a cart, he sets out to get revenge. That is all there is to the plot - the rest is just fighting and gore. For people to spurt blood like they do in this film they would have to have hose pipes for veins! It really is chop-socky fun, the gore is only as bad as comic strip voilence (from which the film was based) and it is deeply entertaining. The climax, although detialing a massacre, ends strangly because they just walk off into the sunset, almost as if it stopped halfway through the story. This is because the filmmakers couldn't edit all six films into one hour and a half film. However, this is a recommended buy and the DVD is of good quality. Support Vipco and buy this now!
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3.0 out of 5 stars "You must choose - the ball, or the sword."
As many previous reviews state, the film "Shogun Assassin" is a compilation of the first two movies from the Japanese "Lone Wolf & Cub" series from the early 70's, dubbed into... Read more
Published 23 months ago by M. Massey

5.0 out of 5 stars What dubbing?
Some reviewers have claimed that this film is dubbed. That's news to me. I've seen it about 30 times and never noticed the actors' lips moving out of synch. Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2007 by Tolstoy the cat

5.0 out of 5 stars Samurai Slasher Saga of Epic Proportions!!
ONE OF THE BEST FILMS EVER MADE! AN EPIC IN ITSELF. JAPANESE MEGA VIOLENCE AT ITS BEST, SHOGUN ASSASSIN IS THE STORY OF A SAMURAI AND HIS INFANT CHILD ON A REVENGE QUEST. Read more
Published on 9 Sep 2006 by A. Sengupta

5.0 out of 5 stars ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP A BODY-COUNT !! !! !!
Ive never really been into Martial Arts or Ninja films (and the only reson i watched this is because it is in the Vipcos Vaults of Horror Collection) but i was shocked by how good... Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2006 by M. Western

3.0 out of 5 stars Bloody samurai movie....
It has to get 2 stars for the blood, I mean it probably wouldn't be where it is today if it wasn't for the over-the-top gore and violence. Read more
Published on 22 April 2005 by Shkandrij

3.0 out of 5 stars A true stylistic inspiration.
THE MOVIE

Shogun Assassin set the stakes when it came to 1970s samurai flicks. Not only did it raise the standards of action cinema generally, it proved to movie-goers that... Read more

Published on 15 Dec 2004 by tomiusjbarnard

3.0 out of 5 stars Strange
Strange that there are so many enthusiastic reviews of this film. It must be one of those 'cult' things. Are all the rave reviews generated by boys I wonder. Read more
Published on 4 Oct 2004 by Sally-Anne

1.0 out of 5 stars ...a high degree of 'camp', but that is the only worth it has...
...Certainly I will grant that this movie has a high degree of 'camp', but that is the only worth it has. Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2002 by D. De Gruijter

5.0 out of 5 stars Junai !!!!
As a film purist I usually prefer to see films as they were originally meant to be seen but in this case I just can't help but love SHOGUN ASSASSIN!! Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2001 by phillips@iue.it

5.0 out of 5 stars greatest samurai epic EVER!
this is the best film ever to come out of Japan. a must see, lots of blood but not without reason. Not your adverage blood shead movie.
Published on 19 Jul 2000

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