Shogun Assassin is one of those films that demands a recounting of its history, before you can actually review it. Digitally reconstructed and yet as gritty as any modern flick, this film is still fresh, still current and punches through the screen. Shogun Assassin has sliced through pop culture much like the Lone Wolf slices through his adversaries, influencing everything from Wu-tang Clan's GZA's Liquid Swords LP to Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill films. For fans of grindhouse samurai films-flicks soaked in arterial blood sprays and dominated by cold-as-steel antiheroes-1980's Shogun Assassin is the. And in a move that will forever piss off. In 1980, a pair of producers with ties to Roger Corman got hold of the first two films in the Japanese Baby Cart series, both of which had been made in 1972. Clearly we wouldn’t have the Kill Bill films if it weren’t for the insane rivers of blood which Shogun Assassin spills. Kill Bill: Most of the time, if I need to explain to someone what the LW&C films are, I’ll say “Remember when Uma Thurman watches a movie with her daughter in Kill Bill 2? Yeah, that is Shogun Assassin”. Not only did he recruit two excellent young actresses, but every shot is so spot on, nailing all of the angles and action with cardboard. Thanks to filmmaker Bobby Burns, that scene just got an impressive, pint-size remake. 1" is easily one of the best from the film. The Copperhead-Black Mamba fight scene from Quentin Tarantino's " Kill Bill Vol.
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