Movie Information
Overall Rank: 3435
Average Rating: 2.8/4
# of Ratings: 29
Theatrical Release Date: 11/11/1980
Language: English
Genre: Action, Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Houston
Actors: Tomisaburo Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo, Akihiro Tomikawa, Minoru Ohki, Sandra Bernhard, Lamont Johnson
Quick Movie Reviews
Rating of
3/4
Ian - wrote on 09/25/2015
This film is a remake or just a melding of the series "Lone Wolf and Cub." A classic samurai epic in which the emperor's executioner is exiled along with his infant son and must survive on the road in feudal Japan.
Rating of
2.5/4
Yojimbo - wrote on 07/06/2012
This western release is actually two films cobbled together and has enjoyed notoriety because of it's "video nasty" reputation. There is a lot of blood, but the violence is comparatively cartoon-like (although the scene involving the female assassins proving their worth is rather grim!) It has some nice imagery and there is actually a modicum of sensitivity in the relationship between the samurai and his son but it does suffer from it's schizophrenic roots; some scenes make little sense and the narrative is sporadic. It's good, but I'd much rather see both films individually in their original format.
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