I think this film is almost as famous for its tour de force editing,taking a min-series and making it into a coherent masterpiece of 86 min as it is for its action sequences.
The basic story is about a Lone Wolf. A very proud samurai who worked as the official decapitator for the shogun.The paranoid shogun sends out his ninja to kill lone wolf, but get his wife instead.At this point there is the classic "choose the(toy) ball and join your mother, choose the sword and join me" the son joins him and we hear the story from his eyes from this point.It is pure carnage from here on in, as the evil shogun sets his ninja out on Lone Wolf along with the brutal Masters of death.
There is a lot of carnage and blood in this movie...I MEAN a lot. But the father son relationship is touching and strongly developed.
This movie is a classic that is only just starting to show its age, my 8 might be a bit low of a vote really.
If you like fast sword play and quick deaths watch this movie.
The basic story is about a Lone Wolf. A very proud samurai who worked as the official decapitator for the shogun.The paranoid shogun sends out his ninja to kill lone wolf, but get his wife instead.At this point there is the classic "choose the(toy) ball and join your mother, choose the sword and join me" the son joins him and we hear the story from his eyes from this point.It is pure carnage from here on in, as the evil shogun sets his ninja out on Lone Wolf along with the brutal Masters of death.
There is a lot of carnage and blood in this movie...I MEAN a lot. But the father son relationship is touching and strongly developed.
This movie is a classic that is only just starting to show its age, my 8 might be a bit low of a vote really.
If you like fast sword play and quick deaths watch this movie.