Shogun Assassin Movie Review 1980

Story of a proud samurai named Lone Wolf who served his Shogun master well as the Official Decapitator, until the fateful day when the aging Shogun turned against him. Extremely violent, with record-breaking body counts. Edited from two other movies in a Japanese series called "Sword of Vengeance"; a tour de force of the cutting room. The samurai pushes his son's stroller through much of the film-sets it aside to hack and slash.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 89 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Samurai, Adventure Drama

Screenplay

Robert Houston, David Weisman, Kazuo Koike

Cast

Tomisaburo Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo, Shin Kishida, Masahiro Tomikawa

Cinematography

Chishi Makiura

Director

Kenji Misumi, Robert Houston

Music

Michael W. Lewis, Mark Lindsay

Producer

Toho Films, Katsu Productions