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With Shogun Samurai, veteran Japanese director Fukasaku Kinji demonstrated that he could do more than the gritty social realist cop-and-gangster films for which he remains most famous. A deliberately stately historical drama, with a slightly ponderous narrator introducing some of its most powerful scenes, Shogun Samurai shows the succession crisis that followed the death of the second Tokugawa Shogun in the early 17th-century. The Imperial court fans the flames in an attempt to restore the Emperor's power; a young dancer tries to preserve the young prince she loves; a warrior clan take steps to return to their homeland; and the fencing master Yagyu will expend honour and lives, including those of his own children, to ensure that his school is patronised by the new Shogun.
The film alternates powerful scenes of intrigue and stagy monomaniac rants by Yagyu with finely choreographed scenes of battle and duel; it has a powerful and tragic sense of the fragile sadness of things and the futility of all ambitions; Sonny Chiba is unusually impressive as Yagyu's most honourable son, the one-eyed Jubel.
On the DVD: Shogun Samurai on disc has minimal additional features: a short prose profile of Fukasaku Kinji and some promotional clips. Picture is anamorphic 16:9. --Roz Kaveney
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Sonny Chiba and Toshiro Mifune star in director Kinji Fukasaku's samurai drama. The year is 1624 and the death of Shogunate General Hidetada has resulted in a conflict between his two sons over who should inherit his position. Various samurai warriors soon join the conflict, taking up sides against each other; meanwhile, behind the scenes, mysterious forces seek to use these events to weaken the Shogunate and return power to the Emperor.
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25 of 28 people found the following review helpful
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Format:DVD
Everytime I watch this film I find something new. The beautiful sets, the stunning scenery and the excellent acting more than overcome any faults with credibility. It provided my first sighting of Sonny Chiba and he is magnificent. The final scenes in which he appears and extracts his revenge are wonderful. If you like samurai epics, 17thC Japan, intrigue and double crosses, try this.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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This is an extremely good film. The personages did indeed exist. The Yagiu family , Tajima no Kami and his son Jubei . The second shogun and his two sons.The plot is extraordinary. The fights are fantastic. This is one of the best films of the genre
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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For a film that was made in the late 70s ,Shogun's Samurai which stars Sonny Chiba and Toshiro Mifune is quite gory with the usual spurts of blood and severed limbs that you usually associate with films of that genre ,it tells the tale of warring brothers in 1624 Imperial Japan who when their father dies under mysterious circumstances begin an all out war to see who will become the next Shogunate . Fans of this genre will not be disappointed .
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i like athentic japanese films the costumes are are very good the scenery is very good the acting is very good. Read more
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Good video if you like blood and guts. Not a bad story line, but the good actors should have been allowed to show their skills, instead it was rather slasher typical.
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What Japanese words have the most resonance with westerners? Shogun, samurai, Toyota and Sony. Toyota and Sony are unlikely to put bums on seats so we'll call it Shogun's Samurai... Read more
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Excellent film - good action and traditions. If you enjoy samurai and swordskills - youll enjoy this.
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Excellent film - good action and traditions. If you enjoy samurai and swordskills - youll enjoy this.
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Published on 14 April 2011 by Adam
3.0 out of 5 stars
good for chiba fans
definately worth seeing if you're a chiba fan like myself otherwise the casual viewer my find it a little long winded with not enough action so it only gets a 4 star here
Published on 15 Jan 2010 by N. Guy
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superb film
excellent characters, with a plot intensity that sucks you in. perhaps a bit over theatrical, but if you roll with it, it readily sucks you in. the ending is darkly superb.
Published on 28 Sep 2005 by ofcourseistillloveyou
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