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Shogun Assassin

Play trailer Poster for Shogun Assassin R,  1980,  1h 26m,  Adventure Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 82% 11 Reviews Tomatometer 92% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
82% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 92% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Medieval samurai Lone Wolf (Tomisaburô Wakayama) pushes a baby cart holding his son (Masahiro Tomikawa), who narrates.

Critics Reviews

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Derek Adams Time Out Jun 24, 2006
Clear as mud, innit? The exotic cheap thrills are, anyway, with the self-parodying laughs and gory comic-strip savagery making it a snappy little mongrel all round. Go to Full Review
Vincent Canby New York Times Aug 30, 2004
Aside from the little-boy's narration, however, the movie's not much fun once you've gotten the picture. Go to Full Review
Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Mar 10, 2003
Perhaps not as action-packed as some martial-arts epics, but Shogun Assassin has an emotional warmth and subtlety that the big guns often lack. Go to Full Review
Alan Jones Starburst Jul 28, 2022
There is nothing offensive here at all, everything is handled very tongue-in-cheek... well worth the time and effort to see. Go to Full Review
People Staff People Magazine Apr 11, 2019
That wasn't his life passing before him; it was this movie. Go to Full Review
Jamie Healy Radio Times Apr 11, 2019
3/5
Gore hounds will no doubt revel in the visceral carnage, but its notoriety should not obscure the fact this seminal work is richly atmospheric and makes for often mesmerising viewing. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Kylo S Jul 29, 2018 Soo good. It makes trash like the forced-anus awakens series of failed ugly movies look even worse! : )
Leia S Jul 31, 2017 Could be my favorite of the series. It's just so entraining with some of the best action sequences. Love the duels with the ninja girls and the the finale with the three Warriors. So good. Also the theme of the headmistress ninja succumbing to her motherly nature was a nice touch. I'm sure feminists would love it. See more
Poe L Mar 20, 2017 Disgraced former executioner Ogami Itt? continues his brooding storm through the Japanese countryside, his three-year-old son Daigoro along for the ride in a booby-trapped carriage. Now some distance into their march to vengeance, the pair have drawn so much notoriety that they risk ambush and assassination at every turn. It's not paranoia, either: Ogami dispenses with blade-wielding enemies at nearly every chapter break, downing at least two-dozen men and women before the film is through. The opportunity isn't abused. In true poppy '70s samurai fashion, each challenger (or cluster of challengers) wears a distinct identity and a unique fighting style, like a colorful garden of deadly blossoms. They all bleed day-glo red, though, often in a towering arc of spray that paints landscape and fallen comrade alike. In Baby Cart at the River Styx, for the first time, we see vulnerability from the master swordsman and a little headstrong personality from his young child. We also see uncertainty from a prominent rival, another first, and restraint in the midst of a bloodlust. Some of the fighting is a little awkward, and the formula is threatening to wear thin, but overall this represents a wonderfully stylish, entertaining continuation of the journey that was so well-established in the first film. An excellent genre-definer. See more
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Movie Info

Synopsis Medieval samurai Lone Wolf (Tomisaburô Wakayama) pushes a baby cart holding his son (Masahiro Tomikawa), who narrates.
Director
Kenji Misumi, Robert Houston
Rating
R
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 7, 1980, Limited
Runtime
1h 26m
Sound Mix
Surround
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