For our next installment of vintage kick ass martial arts exploitation I will offer you a copy of ‘Samurai Reincarnation’. This film stars SONNY CHIBA in one of the many roles he plays as a masterless samurai, or for those of you that effs with the term, a ronin.
CHIBA has to track down another samurai who is on a rampage and literally hellbent to take down the Tokugawa government. Dude is back from the dead and he brings some ninja hellions with him. The martial arts and kung fu featured in this movie aren’t best but SONNY CHIBA is in rare form as the indestructible killer of bad guys.
‘Samurai Reincarnation’ is campy as hell. Since I have the copy without subtitles I believe I don’t have all the action that was in the O.G. 1981 flick but its still a good time on a lazy weekend afternoon. Watching this film reminded me of the story of ‘Ninja Scroll‘ and this flick could be seen as a prequel to that animated classic. Maybe we’ll look at that movie next time.
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Not familiar with this flic, but I’m definitely familiar with Ninja Scroll. Crazy.
I think I need to try to catch some of Chiba’s older work. I did catch the Chiba flic sampled in GZA’s Liquid Swords, can’t remember the name.
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By the way, what is up with the results of the football pool for the championship?
BTW, I have NEVER seen ANIME on par with Ninja Scroll.
ninja scroll would be good for this site man
please hit me w/a copy mayne! what’s up w/ninja scroll?
^dubble13 … the director of Ninja Scroll did Vampire D: Bloodlust, Highlander and his piece on the Animatrix was cool.
You can not front on Akira and Ghost in the Shell. But there are definitely others.
But that’s all good. I think I will be creating a ground-breaking animated action-packed movie set in the 5 Borough City. Production will probably require 2-3 years or something. I would really like to see a flic like that, but I don’t see anyone really doing it yet. Production should begin soon.
peep the un ed o.g. version of ninja scroll(the real name of it iz wind ninja cronicles)nun uv that u.s. cut the fuckoutuv a movie so we can understand it shit!!pace hail meg
samurai reincarnation is ill…. i have the original…. bloody as hell
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When I read the description I was thinking of Ninja Scroll….makes me wonder if there is an older story N.S. is based on.
The OG Beast Chiba flick that not many know of is…The Executioner. 1974, directed by Teruo Ishii. Trust me…..it’s the shit.