Review of Shogun Assassin (1980) by Steve N — 29 Sep 2007

Brilliant. The inspiration for Kill Bill. Two movies trimmed into one, but extremely well done.

This review of Shogun Assassin (1980) was written by Steve N on 29 Sep 2007.

Shogun Assassin has generally received very positive reviews.

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Amazing! Basically Kill Bill volume One copies the stylized violence. If you want more of the background check out the Lone Wolf and Cub miniseries…

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This idea is just to fucking stupid. Turning two great movies in japanese into one american movie, dubbed…

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Everyone should see this movie. This movie is so badass, I'm willing to go track down the Japanese films it was edited from…

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Waaaaaaauuuu pelicula de samurai y muy gore…

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Shogun Assassin really has little story to follow…

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By Howard M (59) on 21 Nov 2010

Shogun Assassin is an American re-edit of the first two Lone Wolf & Cub movies that cuts out all the filler and leaves in all the blood spattered,…

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