Red Sun

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Red Sun

PG,

1971,

1h 52m,

Western

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40%

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2,500+ Ratings

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61%

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A train carrying a Japanese delegation with a ceremonial sword for President Grant is robbed by bandits led by Link (Charles Bronson) and Gauche (Alain Delon). When Gauche double-crosses him and leaves him for dead, Link is ordered to team up with Kuroda Jubei (Toshirô Mifune), one of the ambassador's guards, who has a week to recover the sword or commit suicide. Hoping to find out from Gauche where the gang buried their spoils before Kuroda can kill him, Link tries to escape from the samurai.

David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Jan 13, 2022

2/4

...a watchable (but consistently erratic) effort that generally feels like it should be much, much better.

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Travis Johnson

sbs.com.au

Oct 24, 2021

A weird but plausible Western from one of the fathers of modern action cinema, with a stacked international cast.

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Dick Lochte

Los Angeles Free Press

Jan 7, 2020

The acting is about what we have come to expect from the international celebrities involved.

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Simon Foster

sbs.com.au

Nov 19, 2010

Red Sun is a perfectly enjoyable, character-driven adventure.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Aug 1, 2005

2/5

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George W

Dec 30, 2018

Its one of the best of charlie's cowboy movies

Harry L

Aug 23, 2017

Naturally silly in its concept, 'Red Sun' could have pushed its extravaganzas one bit further in order to be more preposterous and to emphasize its satirical and comical aspect in the manner of some late Spaghetti Westerns. Still, Young's film, by first associating the creator of the lone warrior archetype, (Toshiro Mifune) to the legendary "man with the harmonica" (Charles Branson), that is, by associating Westerns and Chanbaras, and then completing the trio with the iconic and legendary Alain Delon (without forgetting Ursula Andress) has its arguments (though it does waste some of the formidable talents of its leads). But I guess that's the risk taken with an All-Star cast - too difficult to get at its height. Besides, the cinematography of the film isn't that awful, and the most important, it's entertaining enough.

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Terence Young

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Charles Bronson

Link Stuart

Ursula Andress

Cristina

Toshiro Mifune

Kuroda Jubei

Alain Delon

Gotch "Gauche" Kink

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Synopsis

A train carrying a Japanese delegation with a ceremonial sword for President Grant is robbed by bandits led by Link (Charles Bronson) and Gauche (Alain Delon). When Gauche double-crosses him and leaves him for dead, Link is ordered to team up with Kuroda Jubei (Toshirô Mifune), one of the ambassador's guards, who has a week to recover the sword or commit suicide. Hoping to find out from Gauche where the gang buried their spoils before Kuroda can kill him, Link tries to escape from the samurai.

Director: Terence Young
Producer: Ted Richmond
Production Co: National General
Rating: PG
Genre: Western
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 1, 2009
Runtime: 1h 52m

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