The Demon Way In Hell

 

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LONE WOLF AND CUB: SWORD OF VENGEANCE-1972-Ogami Itto (Tomisuburo Wakayama), the Shogunate's executioner is framed as being a traitor by Retsudo and the Ura-Yagyu clan. They kill his wife and he vows revenge. Two years later Orgami is a Ronin (masterless Samu-rai) traveling the countryside with his young son, Daigoro (Akihiro Tomikawa), his sword for hire. Daigoro rides in a deadly wooden baby cart. 

This is a gory, blood spurting samurai craziness based on the manga of the same name. It also features dismemberment and nudity. The first in a series of 6, the first three and the fifth were directed by Kenji Misumi.

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Hanzo

Sandy screwed everything around here! Another short review!

GOYOKIBA-(HANZO THE RAZOR: SWORD OF JUSTICE)-1972-Shintaro Katsu (in between Zatoichi films) plays Hanzo, a strange law enforcement officer in feudal Japan. He uses self-flagellation to make himself tougher and tortures a female prisoner in this very weird period piece that caught me by surprise although I didn't find it that entertaining. It's violent and crazy and has a modern '70's action soundtrack.

Director Kenji Misumi made several Zatoichi entries and a little later did the notorious LONE WOLF AND CUB series.

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