I saw this years ago when it ran in the Cinemas. Had actually forgotten all about it until they showed it as the Sunday afternoon feature on the telly. It was good fun back then, and still is. The plot is pretty thin, but i guess they had to dream up some reason for placing a samuray in the wild West. This is definitely not a masterpiece, but then it never pretends to be. I bet somebody thought it would be a great idea to reap some of the popularity of the spaghetti westerns and the samurai movies. And as such it Works very well. Easily forgotten maybe, but very entertaining while it lasts. On top of that they put in some very good names. Alain Delon is perfectly evil as the bad guy, Mifune carries himself with all the natural grace of the honorable samuray, Bronson actually shows more than one facial expression and Ursula Andress shows her tits ! What more can you want ?
