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Shogun Assassin

Shogun Assassin

ActionAdventure
1980, Movie, 1h 25min
The legendary midnight-movie sensation that firmly embedded samurai mythology within American pop-culture consciousness, this English-dubbed reedit of the first two films in the classic Japanese chanbara series LONE WOLF AND CUB is a giddily entertaining, mesmerizingly gory classic of East-meets-West grindhouse mayhem. Following the murder of his wife at the hands of an evil shogun, an avenging ronin (Tomisaburo Wakayama) roams the countryside with his young son—and the boy’s sword-shooting baby carriage—in tow, dispatching ninja assassins with steely resolve in operatically stylized flurries of hallucinatory violence. With its pulsing synth soundtrack (cowritten by Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere & the Raiders) and delirious action set pieces—kinetically edited whirlwinds of flashing blades, spurting blood, and severed limbs—SHOGUN ASSASSIN proved an instant cult favorite that has bubbled its way up from the underground thanks to its influence on artists ranging from the Wu-Tang Clan to Quentin Tarantino.
Country: Japan,United States
Cast:
Robert Houston,
Tomisaburō Wakayama,
Akihiro Tomikawa,
Kayo Matsuo
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Cast & Crew

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Robert Houston
Director, As Voice (voice)
Kenji Misumi
Director
Tomisaburō Wakayama
As Ogami Itto
Akihiro Tomikawa
As Daigoro Ogami
Kayo Matsuo
As Supreme Ninja
Minoru Ōki
As Master of Death
Shin Kishida
As Master of Death
Shogen Nitta
As Master of Death

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In feudal Japan, ruthless Shogun assassin Ogami Ito must avenge his wife's murder while protecting his three-year-old son Daigoro from the Shogun's relentless ninja assassins. With Daigoro by his side, Ogami takes on dangerous missions to survive while seeking vengeance against the Shogun who betrayed him. As they travel the countryside together, Ogami passes on his deadly skills to his young son who joins him on his quest for justice. Will they triumph over their enemies, or will they fall victim to the brutal world of feudal Japan?

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Shogun Assassin include Return of the Jedi, The Empire Strikes Back, Never Cry Wolf, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Top Secret!, Shaolin Temple.

 

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