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Post by Asaemon on Feb 22, 2020 14:44:33 GMT 1
The six Lone Wolf and Cub films starring Tomisaburo Wakayama as Ogami Ittō are among my all time favorites. Really love these films.
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Post by Asaemon on Feb 22, 2020 14:47:35 GMT 1
When the wife of the Shogun's Decapitator is murdered and he is ordered to commit suicide by the paranoid Shogun, he and his four-year-old son escape and become assassins for hire, embarking on a journey of blood and violent death.
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Post by Asaemon on Feb 22, 2020 14:49:02 GMT 1
The story of a Ronin (i.e. a masterless samurai) who wanders the countryside of Japan with his small child, having various adventures.
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Post by Asaemon on Feb 22, 2020 14:50:57 GMT 1
Trailed by a clan of female ninja, Ogami is paid to assassinate a clan traitor accompanied by three killers known as the Gods of Death.
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Post by Asaemon on Feb 22, 2020 14:52:47 GMT 1
Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by the yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.
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Post by Asaemon on Feb 22, 2020 14:57:36 GMT 1
Ogami is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin. Gunbei Yagyu, an enemy samurai, happens upon Ogami's son, and sees his chance for revenge.
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Post by Asaemon on Feb 22, 2020 14:58:48 GMT 1
Five warriors challenge Ogami to duels. Each holds a part of information needed to complete the assassination of a mad clan leader.
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Post by Asaemon on Feb 22, 2020 15:00:25 GMT 1
In the sixth and final film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, the final conflict between Ogami Itto and the Yagyu clan is carried out.
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Post by Asaemon on Feb 22, 2020 15:03:40 GMT 1
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I have it on my watchlist, but I doubt it's gonna be in the same class as the Tomisaburo Wakayama movies.
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Post by Asaemon on Feb 25, 2020 19:46:35 GMT 1
Hanzo Itami is an incorruptible Edo officer who learns that an infamous killer has fled from his island prison. Hanzo begins tracking him down using his unorthodox interrogation techniques.
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