Tag: Samurai

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  Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart To Hades (1972)

  August 27, 2022

  1970s, Action, Exploitation Cinema, History, Japanese Cinema, Road Movie, Sequels, Thriller, Western

  There’s something about Tomisaburo Wakayama’s portly stature and sullen demeanour as Ogami Itto, the wandering ronin, at the centre of the Lone Wolf And Cub series. A highly skilled and almost invincible assassin, Wakayama grounds everything with his grumpy stoicism and physicality, particularly in the face of enemy hordes and gushing blood sprays. Or in… Read.

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  Sanjuro (1962)

  September 26, 2019

  1960s, Action, Japanese Cinema, Sequels

  I didn’t realise there was a sequel to Yojimbo, which reunites director Akira Kurosawa with actor Toshiro Mifune as the wandering hero. So I was in the mood for the 90 minute samurai movie, Sanjuro (1962; Tsubaki Sanjūrō) where Mifune’s character gets mixed up with helping nine younger samurai trying to release their uncle from… Read.