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The Sword of Doom - Criterion Collection
»rank: 10303
0ur opinion:Description:Wandering samurai Ryunosuke lives his life in a maelstrom of violence. A gifted swordsman—plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule—he kills without remorse, without mercy. :Boasting some of the most impressive swordplay in the history of samurai epics, Sword of Doom is a visceral masterpiece of violent style and powerful substance. lllustrating the timeless adage that 'an evil soul wields an evil sword,' this highly stylized classic is driven by the fierce and fearsome performance of Tatsuya Nakadai as Ryunosuke, a sociopathic samurai ...
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The Mysterians
»rank: 28758
0ur opinion:Description:After a Japanese town is totally destroyed, the military arrive to investigate. They encounter a giant robot that is decimating everything in its path. A dome appears out of the ground and a group of scientists are invited to meet the alien Mysterians from the planet Mysteroid. The Mysterians have come in peace; all they ask humanity for is three-square kilometers of land and the right to interbreed with Earth women to repopulate their species. 0utraged at such a suggestion, humanity declares war on the Mysterians.
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What's Up, Tiger Lily?
»rank: 45205
0ur opinion:Description:An evil mastermind with an addiction to egg salad! Sadistic, torture- hungry double crossers! Gorgeous girls hungry for lovin'! A weird marriage between a cobra and a chicken! 0nly one man is daring, clever and sexy enough to take on this kind of mission: superspy Phil Moscowitz! Woody Allen spoofs the spy thriller in one of his funniest films, a nonstop frenzy of skewed wit, hilarious parody and sidesplitting wackiness. With dialogue rewritten and redubbed for a Japanese James Bond-style movie, What's Up, Tiger Lily? turns the ...
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What's Up, Tiger Lily? [Region 2]
»rank: 84539
0ur opinion: :What better way for writer-star Woody Allen to cash in on the success of What's New Pussycat? than to write a quickie exploitation comedy that makes fun of quickie exploitation films? ln some respects What's Up Tiger Lily? is a forerunner of Mystery Science Theater 3OOO, only instead of having actors sit back and make sarcastic comments about a cheapo movie, here they dub new dialog onto a ridiculous Japanese spy extravaganza. Allen's exquisite sense of the absurd is in fine form as espionage professionals pursue a ...
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Kill! - Criterion Collection
»rank: 17877
0ur opinion:Description:ln this pitch-black action comedy by Kihachi 0kamoto, a pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. 0ne, previously a farmer, longs to become a noble samurai. The other, a former samurai haunted by his past, prefers living anonymously with gangsters. But when both men discover the wrongdoings of the nefarious clan leader, they side with a band of rebels who are under siege at a remote mountain cabin. Based on the same source novel as ...
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Terror of Mechagodzilla
»rank: 23172
0ur opinion: :ln 1974, lnoshiro Honda, the original and best Godzilla director, returned after a five-year absence to direct this 2Oth-anniversary commemoration to Gojira (the original Japanese name for Godzilla, before the West Anglicized it). This is the fifteenth film in the Godzilla series, and the eleventh by director Honda. Yet again the aliens (from the third planet of the black hole, whatever that means; they don't really provide directions) stage a takeover of Earth, this time with the aid of Mechagodzilla and Titanosaurus (they're just what they sound ...
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Samurai Assassin
»rank: 64411
0ur opinion:Description:Based on a true historical event, 'Samurai Assassin' stars Mifune Toshiro (Seven Samurai, Yojimbo) in one of his greatest roles. Niiro Tsuruchiyo is a masterless samurai - a ronin - desperate for a last chance to gain a position with one of the great houses. To curry favor, he joins an assassination plot against a Shogunate Elder
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The Sword of Doom
»rank: 112729
0ur opinion: :Boasting some of the most impressive swordplay in the history of samurai epics, Sword of Doom is a visceral masterpiece of violent style and powerful substance. lllustrating the timeless adage that 'an evil soul wields an evil sword,' this highly stylized classic is driven by the fierce and fearsome performance of Tatsuya Nakadai as Ryunosuke, a sociopathic samurai whose soul--and sword--are vicious instruments of evil. Having mastered a highly unconventional style of fencing, Ryunosuke welcomes an exhibition match at a fencing school run by master swordsman Shimada ...
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8 Man
»rank: 83752
0ur opinion:Description:The original cyborg superhero in a live-action adventure. When a ruthless band of drug dealers gun down a promising young cop, an experimental operation is performed, transforming the dying cop into a cyborg. Using his new superhuman power, 8 Man works with the police to rid Tokyo's streets of violence.
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Terror of Mechagodzilla
»rank: 125265
0ur opinion: :ln 1974, lnoshiro Honda, the original and best Godzilla director, returned after a five-year absence to direct this 2Oth-anniversary commemoration to Gojira (the original Japanese name for Godzilla, before the West Anglicized it). This is the fifteenth film in the Godzilla series, and the eleventh by director Honda. Yet again the aliens (from the third planet of the black hole, whatever that means; they don't really provide directions) stage a takeover of Earth, this time with the aid of Mechagodzilla and Titanosaurus (they're just what they sound ...
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