Archive for the 'Samurai Cinema' Category


Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance

Imprisoned and sentenced to hang for the murders she committed to avenge her family, Yuki is given a reprieve by the mysterious Kikui, a secret government agent. In return for her life, Yuki must infiltrate the household of Ransui, an anarchist and activist, assassinate him, and recover an important document.

But all is not as it seems. The document in question contains evidence of a foul miscarriage of justice engineered by Kukui and his patron for political and personal gain. When Yuki decides to switch sides to help Ransui, Kikui unleashes every weapon at his disposal to eliminate them, recover the document, and protect his secret.

Once again, the deadly blade of Lady Snowblood must stain itself with death… but this time it’s not for revenge, it’s for justice.


MOVIE INFO – IMDB, Wikipedia
MOVIE REVIEWS – Kung Fu Cinema
DVD REVIEWS – DVD Talk, 10000 Bullets
BUY DVD – Amazon

Lady Snowblood: Blizzard from the Netherworld

Her Life Was Over Before She Was Born!

Her father, a schoolteacher, is brutally murdered. Her mother is beaten, raped, and forced into prostitution to survive, only to die giving her life. From her dying mother’s lips comes her only reason for living…BLOODY REVENGE!

Trained in the arts of death by the priest who adopts her, Yuki sets out to find the four villains who destroyed her family. But when the secret of her bloody mission is uncovered by a well-meaning journalist, the tables are turned and evil finds the one weapon that can pierce the heart of the woman known to all of Japan as: Lady Snowblood!


MOVIE INFO – IMDB, Wikipedia
MOVIE REVIEWS – Beyond Hollywood, Love Asian Film, Spinning Image
DVD REVIEWS – DVD Maniacs, KFC Cinema, 10K Bullets
BUY DVD – Amazon

Shadow Hunters

During the corrupt rule of the Tokugawa government, three cold-blooded killers live only to deliver death to their elusive prey – Ninjas! These are the Shadow Hunters.

A simple task becomes deadly when the three assassins are hired to ensure that a vital deed is safely delivered to Edo. Along the way, ninja, double-agents, and sexy female assassins will team up to deliver a deed of their own – a dirty deed of death to the Shadow Hunters!


MOVIE INFO – IMDB
MOVIE REVIEWS – Kung Fu Cinema
DVD REVIEWS – 10K Bullets, DVD Talk
BUY DVD – Amazon

Shogun Assassin

In a time of evil and tyranny, a stone-faced ronin wanders the countryside with his young son (and a weapon-filled baby cart), hunted by the merciless minions of an evil Shogun. Once a noble samurai, he is now the most feared assassin in Japan, known only as Lone Wolf.


MOVIE INFO – IMDB, Wikipedia
MOVIE REVIEWS – Beyond Hollywood, City On Fire, Dante’s Inferno
DVD REVIEWS – Film Freak Central, DVD Talk, The Gline
BUY DVD – Amazon

The Trail Of Blood

Rival gangs are at war with one another, ravaging the countryside and slaughtering anyone who defies them. Unfortunately for them, they messed with the wrong guy. When Jokichi, a famed wandering Yakuza soldier, tries to go straight, he quickly learns that you only leave the Underworld by getting sent to Hell! After his fellow mobsters murder his entire family, he’s got only one reason to keep on living…to ensure they keep on dying!


MOVIE INFO – IMDB
MOVIE REVIEWS – Turner Classic Movies
DVD REVIEWS – DVD Talk, CineGeek, Film Fanaddict
BUY DVD – Amazon