Advantages: a decent samurai movie Disadvantages: dubbing, sound quality in parts as well as picture quality
This is a classic old school samurai film. This film was previously banned in this country for it's violent graphic nature, but nowadays I guess we are made of sterner stuff. If you are easily distressed then this moive is not for you. There are very explicit scenes of swords being buried into heads, heads splitting in half, and more blood gushing than you can shake a stick at.
The film centres around Ogami Itto, who is played by Tomisaburo Wakayama ... ...to be referred to has Lone wolf and Cub. Itto is the shoguns chief executioner and a powerful man. So much so that lord Retsudo soon wants him dead out of sheer fear. In the initial attack Itto's wife is slain, and Itto decides to dedicate his life to taking the life of lord Retsudo and all those close to him, {one way of getting rid of the existential angst i guess} In a scene at this point he places a ball on the floor and a sword and he makes ...
tayloa22 29.08.2007 (30.08.2007)
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Advantages: Gory, Violent, lots of fighting and killing. Disadvantages: Dubbed Voices and Video Quality of DVD
This film is a cut down of the long story of "Lone Wolf & Cub", which is spanned across 6 DVD's itself!
So if you just want a cool samurai movie to sit and watch then this one is perfect, but if you want to go deeper into the story then check out "Lone Wolf & Cub" DVD's, also known as "Babycart".
Although it is cut down, the story is still well put together and i still managed to enjoy watching it, so did all my friends who i borrowed it to.
I ... ...its just a classic, they don't make them like this anymore! The story involves Lone Wolf's wife being killed after he refuses to pledge allegiance to the head of a clan of samurai.
from there he seeks revenge, and kills everyone in his path (try to count how many he kills its a lot) along with his son who is still young and in a push chair (why its alternate name is Babycart).
the head of the clan sends assassins to go after him, "Masters Of Death" ...
GrymReaper1986 03.08.2005
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