Tag Archives: Samurai
Lone Wolf and Cub Double Feature: Sword of Vengeance/Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
Very late in the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, in the middle of a desolate desert, one of the deadliest hired assassins in the world has his throat cut by the former Shogunate Executioner, Itto Ogami (Tomisaburo … Continue reading
Posted in Double Feature, Theater Leone
Tagged 70's, Action, Japan, Kazuo Koike, Kenji Misumi, Lone Wolf and Cub, manga, Ninja, Samurai, Tomisaburo Wakayama
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Double Feature: Onibaba (1964)/Kuroneko (1968)
Kaneto Shindo, who turns 99 this year, established one of Japan’s first independent production companies, Kindai Eiga Kyokai, and – working outside the system – was able to present edgier fare. It’s difficult to imagine, for example, a darker and … Continue reading
Posted in Double Feature, Theater Caligari
Tagged 60's, black cat, Haunted House, horror, Japan, Samurai, Scary Mask
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