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Shogun Assassin (Blu-ray) (1980)
Lone wolf and son. The greatest team in the history of mass slaughter.Director: Kenji Misumi & Robert Houston
Year of Copyright: 1980
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
The US AnimEigo releases have some exclusive extras while the UK release has the trailer gallery.
The US/UK Criterion release has many exclusive extras but only has lossy audio for the film.
GENERAL NOTES: "Shogun Assassin" is actually a combination of two films. New World Pictures acquired the rights to the first two "Lone Wolf and Cub" films, "SWORD OF VENGEANCE" and "BABYCART AT THE RIVER STYX" from Toho. Robert Houston rewrote the dialog in English, re-edited the films together, and added a new electronic score (by Mark Lindsay).
The first ten minutes is the Lone Wolf and Cub origin sequences from "Sword Of Vengeance". Then the part with the female Ninja team and the Masters of Death are lifted from "Babycart at the River Styx".
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray A 30th Anniversary Collector's Edition America- AnimEigo - No cuts (84:59)
- Blu-ray A 5 Film Collection America- AnimEigo - No cuts (84:59)
- Blu-ray A Blu-ray+DVD America- AnimEigo - No cuts (84:59)
- Blu-ray A Lone Wolf and Cub America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (85:05).
- Blu-ray B United Kingdom- Eureka - No cuts (85:02)
- Blu-ray B Lone Wolf and Cub United Kingdom- Criterion Collection - No cuts (85:05).
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Comparison added by Paul_Lewis on 23/11/10
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 22/01/22UPDATE LOG:
23/11/10: initial entry
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22/12/10: added extra detail regarding the DVD copy
10/03/16: Additions of US x3, ASIN.
09/10/16: Addition of US Criterion.
02/04/17: Addition of UK Criterion.
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