WOW, THIS IS A FANTASTIC FILM IF YOU LIKE THE SAMURAI ERA, BEING A MARTIAL ARTS TEACHER MYSELF , IT HOLDS ALOT OF INTEREST FOR ME. BASICALLY , ITS A BLOOD FEST, THE CULTURAL ASPECTS ARE BRILLIANT,ITS JAPANESE LANGUAGE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BYPASS THE SUBTITLES, ORDER THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE VERSION OF THE FILM THAT HOLD A DIFFERENT TITLE( SHOGUN ASSASSIN 1) IF YOU THOUGHT THAT THE LAST SAMURAI WAS GOOD, THIS WILL SHOCK YOU AND I DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING THAT I DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT IT. IF YOU ARE EXPECTING TO FIND THE SILLINESS THAT YOU FIND IN THE CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS FILMS WITH WIREWORK AND IMPOSSIBLE ACTIONS THAT RUIN A GOOD FILM, (SUCH AS CROUCHING TIGER,HIDDEN DRAGON)THEN YOU CAN THINK AGAIN, BACAUSE THERES NON OF THAT. ITS GOR PURE AND SIMPLE, BUT THATS EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN THOSE DAYS AND THIS FILM (AND OTHERS IN THE BABY CART SERIES, SUCH AS: IN THE LAND OF PERIL,SWORD OF VENGENCE ETC.)ARE VERY REAL AND EXACT, THE ACTING IS BRILLIENT, THE QUALITY OF THE FILM ISNT GRAINY AND NOISY AS YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM FILMS OF ITS AGE, WHICH IS SUPRISING. KILL BILL IS SWEPT UNDER THE CARPET OR THROWN TO THE BACK OF THE CUPBOARD BY THESE FILMS. THE PLOTS OF THESE FILMS ARE CENTRED AROUND A MAN AND HIS LITTLE BOY, IN ANCIENT JAPAN, WHO USED TO WORK AS AN EXCEQUTIONER( IF THATS HOW ITS SPELT) FOR THE SHOGUN. AFTER HIS WIFE IS MURDERED , HE GRIEVES, HE GETS MAD, AND TRAVELS THE COUNTRY LOOKING FOR THE GANG WHO TOOK AWAY THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE AND THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILD. HE BECOMES A RONIN (A MASTERLESS SAMURAI, A MERCENARY OF THE HIGHEST ORDER) WHILST HE DISPATCHES THE BAD GUYS WITH RECKLESS ABANDON HE SEARCHES, MEETING ALLSORTS OF NINJA, CRIMEBOSS'S AND UNSAVOURY TYPES WHILST CARRYING OUT HIS WORK, MEANWHILE , THE SHOGUN WANTS HIM DEAD AND DISPATCHES FORCES OF HIS OWN TO THIS END. IT'S EXCITING, IT;S JAW DROPPING AND YOU WILL LOVE IT. JUST A WORD OF WARNING , DON'T PUT IT ON UNTIL THE KIDS HAVE GONE TO BED. JUST A WORD TO THE WISE, ONCE YOU WATCH THIS, YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE ROOM FOR A WHOLE NEW DVD COLLECTION AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO THINK THAT YOU HAVE A GOOD MARTIAL ARTS COLLECTION ALREADY, YOU HAVEN'T. BUT, YOU BETTER GET SOME OVERTIME IN AT WORK, BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO BE TOTALLY AND UTTERLY ADDICTED.Read full review
Babycart at the river Styx is one of a series of films about a former executioner to the shogun who after false accusations starts on a journey of revenge with his young son. On the way he encounters many foes and slays them all with the increasing help of his boy. Dark,moody and brooding are the best way to describe the films, with no shortage of half comical gore. so with heads flying and ateries spouting litres of blood, enjoy seminal master pieces of japanese film making.
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