Review of Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle (2001) by Greg N — 07 Nov 2007

Tadanobu Asano is one cool dude and so is Sogo Ishii. Beats the life out of dreck like The Last Samurai and Kill Bill.

This review of Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle (2001) was written by Greg N on 07 Nov 2007.

Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle has generally received positive reviews.

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