| | | "The Officially-Authorized Widescreen Collector's Edition, Digitally Restored & Reconstructed."
Features: DVD, Widescreen
In a time of evil and tyranny, a stone-faced ronin wanders the countryside with his young son (and a weapon-filled baby cart), hunted by the merciless minions of an evil Shogun. Once a noble samurai, he is now the most feared assassin in Japan, now known only as Lone Wolf.System Requirements:Running Time 85 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE
"...a vintage dose of theatrical blood-spurting ultra-violence." Jimmy Razor, FilmExposed Magazine
Editor's Note
A shogun master turns against lone wolf, his faithful head-cutting samurai servant. Lone wolf is forced into battle against the shogun, the shogun's son, and a host of shogun ninja warriors....
Plot Summary
Lone Wolf, once an executioner for the Shogun, seeks revenge on his former boss and his Ninja flock after they kill his wife.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Koch International |
| Release Date: 7/11/2006 |
| Running Time: 85 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1980 | | Catalog ID: 112 | | UPC: 00737187011290 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: Japanese | | Available Audio Tracks: English Dubbed, English, Japanese | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard/Widescreen 1.33:1 [4:3] |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"[A] highly influential exploitation film from 1980 that cuts together sequences from the first two features in the Japanese 'Lone Wolf and Cub' series into a single movie..." 09/12/2006 p.E2BeyondHollywood.com 9 of 10
All the bloodshed aside, there is a very tender story between Lone Wolf and his son. The boy who plays Cub is a natural and easily becomes endearing. Consider the scene where Lone Wolf is injured and must rest, leaving Cub to fend for himself. What does the boy do? Not only does Cub care for his unconscious and weak father, but also the boy is quite ingenious when he seeks out water and food in order to keep his father alive. That sequence, without any dialogue or sappy music, made me smile.
DVD Cult 10 of 10
Shogun Assassin is not just action and violence. Director Kenji Masume maintains a grim tone and an aura of doom. He uses advanced editing and slow-motion techniques to dictate the violent clashes and arterial spray. Contrasting all this ugliness, Masume produces some artful widescreen compositions that capture these ballets of death with artistic splendor. Many scenes are gloriously played out against the setting sun, and the director shows his mastery of shadows and light. Like John Woo's slow motion bullet ballet's, the violence in Shogun Assassin is equally surreal and poetic. - Tony Mustafa
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