Sunday, 18 January 2015

Pimped out murder pram

Shogun Assassin (1980)

Directed Robert Houston this film stars Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa and Kayo Matsuo. An executioner for a crazy Shogun finds himself on the run with his young son after the Shogun kills his wife and has him branded a traitor.

Essentially this is two Japanese films based on “Long Wolf and Cub” re-edited together then dubbed into English. What we are left with here is plenty of action but very little character and not a ton plot that makes much sense. Some of the voice acting is beyond suspect and this mash up is probably best viewed in it's original versions.


2/5

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