Along with the callbacks to 70s samurai movies, its the lone wolf and cub adaptation shogun assassin that beatrices daughter watches before bedtime. For example, lord yagyu is portrayed as the shogun himself, which doesnt seem right for those who know japanese history. Known as lone wolf, he travels the road of vengeance with his infant son daigoro and a heavilyarmed baby cart. His name dishonored and his wife murdered, itto and his infant son daigoro wander japan as an assassin for hire lone wolf and cub. Shogun assassin movies lone wolf and cub manga renegade samurai itto ogami and his infant son, daigoro, feud with the shadowfamily of the yagyu, official assassins of the shogun. Along with his threeyearold son, daigoro, they seek revenge on the yagyu clan and are known as lone wolf and cub. Hang your posters in dorms, bedrooms, offices, or anywhere blank walls arent welcome.
The lone wolf is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin she strips to kill. Wonderland was the name of mark lindsays private recording studio, and so the name the wonderland philharmonic was born. I loved it so much i plan to buy the original films so that i can see them unedited. The shogun assassin was a strange way of getting these classic samurai films into the western cannon. Shogun assassin soundtrack the shogun assassin soundtrack is credited to the wonderland philharmonic, which was comprised of two primary composers mark lindsay and w. Disgraced by false accusations from the yagyu clan, he is forced to take the path of the assassin. The shogun however grew paranoid as he became more and more senile. This movie, shogun assassin 2 lightning swords of death, is a is a combination of episodes 3 and 4 of the series.
Shogun assassin original motion picture soundtrack discogs. The big daigoro moment in shogun assassin is when the caravan of a wicked inspector is crossing the sand dunes. Shogun assassin 1980 bluray 1080p yts yify long ago there was a great samurai warrior who served his shogun honorably. We get to see the bond between father and son, and even when theres little dialogue, daigoro s narration tells us the basic story so far.
Over the moon shadow ogami itto and daigoro lone wolf and. Ogami instructs the infant to choose between a brightly colored ball, and his unsheathed sword. When the shogun sends men to murder him, but instead murder his wife he takes daigoro his son the cub and swears to avenge his wifes. While the lone wolf and cub films have been available on vhs and dvd for years, the psychedelic reedit of sword of vengeance and baby cart at the river styx. Shogun assassin has been unavailable in america for over a decade. Shogun assassin 2 lightning swords of death 1972 trailer youtube. The action of shogun assassin 2, as bloody as it is, is less saturated than it was in shogun assassin 1.
Akihiro tomikawa celebrity profile check out the latest akihiro tomikawa photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Shogun assassin is a jidaigeki film made for the british and american markets and released in. Ogami itto, the shogun s executioner who uses a dotanuki battle sword. Ogami itto, the shoguns executioner who uses a dotanuki battle sword. In this exploitationcinema classic, which took the action and graphic violence of the lone wolf and cub series to delirious new heights, itto ogami and daigoro continue their quest for vengeance through meifumado, the spiritual way of demons and damnation, pursued constantly by the shadow yagyu clan and the shoguns spies. Meanwhile, gunbei yagyu, disgraced by the lone wolf in a duel before the shogun, happens upon the young daigoro, and sees his chance for revenge.
In a nutshell, this new bluray collection from animeigo collects all six original lone wolf and cub films, adapted from the popular manga created by kazuo koike. Known as lone wolf, he travels the road of vengeance with his infant son daigoro. Released by snailworx in 2012 containing music from shogun assassin 1980. Travels with his son, daigoro, in search of the shogun that is paranoid of his skills. Needless to say, after the initial viewing i become locked into the world of ogami itto and his young son daigoro. The shogun assassin is a 1980 martial arts thriller about a 17th century samurai warrior who is forced to go on the run with his young son. This works at cross purposes to the film, in some ways, because it transforms ogami into the demon that daigoro describes in his narration. In the attempts to kill lone wolf, shogun s ninja kills his wife and leaves him to care for the boy. Shogun assassin was edited and compiled from the first two films in the lone wolf and cub series, using 12 minutes of the first film, lone wolf and cub. He is an actor, known for shogun assassin 1980, lone wolf and cub. The samurai swore to avenge the death of his wife and roams the countryside with his toddler son in search. Shogun assassin lone wolf and cub itto ogami daigoro.
The film really just works as a japanese western about the shogun a man killing to avenge the death of his wife. But for now the shogun assassin delivers action gore and is a fantastic movie for any exploitation fan. The movie, which is directed by robert houston, is actually a compilation of two films from the lone wolf and cub series. A very informative and fun interview with scott houle who provides many details of the inner workings of what its like dubbing the voices and fx for the new shogun assassin films. The first episode is sword of vengeance and the second is baby cart at the river styx. Produced and released between 1972 and 1974, they captured the books colorful celebration of poetic violence, bloodshed and revenge. The shoguns executioner, itto ogami tomisaburo wakayama, takes to wandering the countryside as an assassinalong with his infant son daigoro akihiro. During an assassination attempt, his wife is killed and now he travels the japanese countryside with his toddler son, daigoro, working as a sword for hire and. Lamont johnson lone wolf english voice, gibran evans english voice of daigoro, sandra bernhard english voice of the supreme ninja. Shogun assassin is a deliriously fun and blood soaked roller coaster ride that is about 10% plot and 90% fight scenes as lone wolf continuously is set upon by the shogun s killers and their subsequent and gruesome dispatching by his sword. While i wish this was a lone wolf and cub collection, shogun assassin will always hold an important role, as it was how countless people discovered samurai cinema. Shogun assassin 1980 directed by robert houston, kenji. Directed by academy awardwinner robert houston, the english dubbed shogun assassin was created by editing together footage from the first two lone wolf and cub kozure ookami films, sword of vengeance kozure okami. Complete your the wonderland philharmonic collection.
First published in 1970, the story was adapted into six films starring tomisaburo wakayama, four plays, a television series starring kinnosuke yorozuya, and is widely recognized as an important and influential work. Ogami fends off the attack of the first, breaking the samurais sword and splitting. Shogun assassin tshirts on redbubble are expertly printed on ethically sourced, sweatshopfree apparel and available in a huge range of styles, colors and sizes. With tomisaburo wakayama, fumio watanabe, go kato, tomoko mayama. The lone wolf and cub series chronicles the adventures of disgraced shogun assassin ogami itto and his infant son daigoro, who sell their services to people in need while traveling the countryside in search of revenge against the hit squad who killed ittos wife. Baby cart in the land of demons 1973 as ogami daigoro. Shogun assassin 1980 is a bizarre and amazing cult classic samurai film that is apparently pieced together from two longer films in the lone wolf and cub series. Shogun assassin liner notes this title is now outofprint shogun assassin bluray notes.
Especially amusing are a squad of sexy female ninja, lone wolfs showdown with the brothers of death and the fact that daigoros baby carriage has more. This is an edited, simplified, dubbed combination of the first two films. Sound bites of quotes and sound effects sampled from the shogun assassin 1980 movie. Shogun assassin is actually a combination of two films. They stop at the sight of the tiny boy standing alone on a rise in the sand. If the child chooses the ball, ogami will send him to be with his mother. Shogun assassin was created by splicing together the first two lone wolf and cub. Kozure okami, wolf taking along his child is a manga created by writer kazuo koike and artist goseki kojima. The shoguns executioner, itto ogami tomisaburo wakayama, takes to wandering the countryside as an assassinalong with his infant son daigoro akihiro tomikawa and a seemingly infinitely weaponized perambulatorhelping those he encounters while seeking. For the best possible image quality, we used the original shogun assassin as a guide to completely reconstruct the movie using our pristine masters of the original two lone wolf and cub films. In this installment, the shadow yagyu clan plots to solidify its power by taking ogamis coveted position of shogun s executioner for its own. In 2006 it was restored and rereleased on dvd in the united states by animeigo.
When the wife of the shoguns decapitator is murdered and he is ordered to commit suicide by the paranoid shogun, he and his fouryearold son escape and become assassins for hire, embarking on a journey of blood and violent death. A shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. First up, shogun assassin iii slashing blades of carnage. When the shogun sends men to murder him, but instead murder his wife he takes daigoro his son the cub. Free watch shogun assassin 2 lightning swords of death. A feature movie that was based on the lone wolf and cub television series which deals with a samurai, turned assassin for hire, and his young son are constantly on the move for they are being hunted while they hunt as well. Keeping in mind that shogun assassin 1 was a reediting of the first two kozure ookami films, it makes sense that the sequel, a dubbing of one kozure ookami film. Houle explains that his job is not meant to create cool sounds and voices but to. Daigoro points off to the left, we cut to a powerful image of ogami itto atop a sand dune, challenging the masters of death to stand and fight. From my point of view the viewer would never know this was a composite film and it stands alone as an amazing and strangely hypnotic piece of violent film history. Lone wolf and cub chronicles the story of ogami itto, the shogun s executioner who uses a dotanuki battle sword. Shogun assassin is the delirious hybrid of two episodes of the popular baby cart series dubbed into english and fused together into a hyperviolent bloodbath ballet thats sure to entertain the samuraifilm enthusiast with a strong stomach. Shogun assassin is a movie based on the first two episodes of the six episode series lone wolf and cub.
More a greatest hits movie than an actual standalone film of its own, shogun assassin is the delirious hybrid of two episodes of the popular baby cart series dubbed into english and fused. The shogun s executioner, itto ogami tomisaburo wakayama, takes to wandering the countryside as an assassinalong with his infant son daigoro akihiro tomikawa and a seemingly infinitely weaponized perambulatorhelping those he encounters while seeking. Kowokashi udekashi tsukamatsuru, 1972 and baby cart on the river styx kozure okami. Shogun assassin coming to bluray from animeigo scifi japan. Long ago there was a great samurai warrior who served his shogun honorably.
With tomisaburo wakayama, kayo matsuo, minoru oki, shogen nitta. As they wander, daigoro recalls how the shoguns other son lord bizen taketoshi naito. Shortly thereafter i quickly discovered shogun assassin to be an edit of the first two films of a 6 part series, an english dub had hammily replaced the original japanese dialog with intermittent english narrations by daigoro. The original shogun assassin was created from a reediting of the first two lone wolf and cub films with a western dialog dubbed over the top. Shogun assassin is a deliriously fun and blood soaked roller coaster ride that is about 10% plot and 90% fight scenes as lone wolf continuously is set upon by the shoguns killers and their subsequent and gruesome dispatching by his sword. Lightning swords of death was actually the third lone wolf film baby cart to hades, and again. Kozure okami jigoku e ikuzo daigoro 1974 daigoro aka baby cart 6 go to hell daigoro aka jigoku e ikuzo daigoro japan short title aka lone wolf and cub white heaven in hell aka sword of vengeance vi. Daigoro seated in a large wooden pram armed to the hilt with hidden blades heads roll and geysers of blood erupt in slow motion against. Dubbing tends to be a hated thing in my eyes and ears, but for some reason with shogun assassin, it works rather well. Slim fit, order a size up if youd like it less fitting. Two hooded samurai attack ogami while he is pushing a cart with daigoro inside.
Based on the bestselling manga series, the six intensely kinetic lone wolf and cub films elevated chanbara to bloody new heights. The shogun however grew paranoid as he became more and. The shoguns executioner, itto ogami tomisaburo wakayama, takes to wandering the countryside as an assassinalong with his infant son daigoro akihiro tomikawa and a seemingly infinitely weaponized perambulatorhelping those he encounters while seeking vengeance for his murdered wife. The shogun sends ninja to kill ogami, but they only slay his wife instead, leaving the executioner to care for his infant son, daigoro. Since, as i said, shogun assassin functions as a highlight reel of sorts, the movie is long on these sorts of encounters and short on the boring stuff between duels. The wonderland philharmonic shogun assassin original. Robert houston rewrote the dialog in english, reedited the films together, and added a new electronic score by mark lindsay. Shogun assassin by robert houston, kenji misumi, david. Shogun assassin 1980 yify download movie torrent yts. Criterions lone wolf and cub includes the original six films in the.
When the wife of the shoguns decapitator is murdered and he is ordered to. The american producers were obviously trying to lesson the japaneseness of the production. Jul, 2012 shogun assassin soundtrack from 1980, composed by w. New world pictures acquired the rights to the first two lone wolf films, sword of vengeance and babycart at the river styx from toho. The original japanese films follow this storyline, but shogun assassin has a few minor differences.
Smallest size with best quality and fast downloads at. Video interview with shogun assassin parts 35 english dub director scott houle. Download all yts shogun assassin movies torrents for free in 720p, 1080p, 4k and 3d quality. The shogun sought to destroy all those who might stand to oppose his rule, and so he sent his ninja spies to the samurais home. More a greatest hits movie than an actual standalone film of its own, shogun assassin is the delirious hybrid of two episodes of the popular baby cart series dubbed into english and fused together into a hyperviolent bloodbath ballet thats sure to entertain the samuraifilm enthusiast. This is a film made 8 years after the first lone wolf film, the story stripped of. The adventures of ogami itto, first a noble samurai, then the most feared assassin in japan. The shogun assassin is just built by using the first 10 minutes of the first movie and then sticking it into the second as well as dubbing and shooting a lot more graphic killing scenes and new music. Shogun assassin is a jidaigeki film made for the british and american markets and released in 1980.
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