Lightning Kung Fu

Starring:Leung, Kam-Bo, Chang, Wang
Studio: Brentwood Home Video
Product Type: DVD

Shogun Assassin 2 - Lightning Swords of Death

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Excellent
Lone Wolf And Cub Installment Number Three: A Definite Must Watch!
I have the "red sun" version of this which is basiaclly a replica of the animeego one
This blade for hire
an exotic, lush, exaggerated world of Japanese and Samurai absolutes

Shogun Assassin 2 - Lightning Swords of Death
Starring: Kayo Matsuo , Tomisaburo Wakayama , Go Kato , and Yuko Hama
Manufacturer: Animeigo
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ASIN: B000LC3IQ0
Release Date: 2007-03-13

Description

Wandering the countryside with death never far behind, Ogami rescues a prostitute and offers to be punished in her place (which means being beaten to within an inch of his life). Impressed by his fortitude, a Chamberlain hires Ogami to assassinate a ruthless Governor, only to find out that the same Governor wants Ogami for a mission of his own.

When Ogami refuses the Governor's offer, he must face a series of assassins, including a dangerous gunslinger, a master swordsman and an army of soldiers. And to make matters worse, a former samurai keeps politely asking if they can have a duel!

To ensure that not a single drop of blood was omitted, this special collector's edition was created using a new digital transfer of the original Japanese film.

DVD Features:
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Presented in Anamorphic Widescreen
Dubbed in English

Bonus Material Includes:
Original Theatrical Trailers
Image Gallery
Program Notes

Customer Reviews:

Excellent.......2007-05-07

Classic feudal japan and samurai flick blended with modern weapons of the time. Well made.

Lone Wolf And Cub Installment Number Three: A Definite Must Watch!.......2007-01-03

Yes, they do get more violent. In fact, they are all violent. Yet their fun as hell to watch. If you are not one of those who likes violence in a film, and think that these films will be your usual fare of samurai action films, then you will be in for quite a surprise. Tomisaburo Wakayama continues where he left off: A one man army of destruction. As the third episode opens up, we find Ogami (Tomisaburo Wakayama) and his son Diagoro headed for their usual mayhem: embroiled in a power struggle with a landlord and governor during the feudal era of Japan. And although Ogami is an assassin in the true sense of the word, remorseless in his killing, he is also a man driven by a warrior code which compels him to seek out a sense of justice: Albeit his sense of justice.

This is one of the better ones of the 6 episode series. And although I have not veiwed the final two episodes in the series recently [somewhere in my vast storage] when I viewed this episode a few nights ago, I couldn't help enjoying this particular film, and would have to say it was the best of the four episodes that I have viewed recently. I would highly recommend this film to all viewers, as I have always found the Lone Wolf and Cub series to be a truly fascinating look at Japanese cinema during the early 1970s. Also, I think this episode is probably one of the better ones, however, don't stop there. View them all, starting with the first to the last. They are all interesting and fun. [as long as you don't mind the violence]. But hey, that is the nature of the characters in the film. Highly recommended.

I have the "red sun" version of this which is basiaclly a replica of the animeego one.......2006-08-06

The picture quality is as good as it gets and is anamorphically widescreened. It also has liner notes like the others in the series and lets you in on semi-important things like the Blackened Teeth. Time to upgrade your video tape and get this in the new and used section for $5.99 like I did.

I have to say that this is by far the most graphic in violence of these movies I have seen. And while one scene I didn't think was needed, it was worth it to see the aftermath.

This movie I would say is overall the best of the 3 I have seen. When Ogami is being tortured, I think it is my favorite scene of Lone Wolf and Cub. How many dudes do you know of on screen that can be beaten down until unconscious and you still think they are tougher becuase of it? But then when he starts slicing people up again, you know why you felt that way about him. And when Ogami has to face an entire army, will he stand a chance?

I have to say that I wasn't expecting this to be a shoot-em-up, it still hasd plenty of action and holds the spot for my favorite of the series so far.

This blade for hire.......2006-06-19

Ogami Itto is an expert swordsman, a ronin, an outcast mercenary who once served as the official executioner of the shogunate. Then something happened - I believe his wife was murdered, although the movie doesn't give details - and Itto, the Lone Wolf, now travels the countryside with son Daigoro, the Cub, in a niftily tricked out baby cart, selling his services to the highest bidder.

LONE WOLF AND CUB: BABY CART TO HADES is the second Lone Wolf & Cub movies I've seen and I've enjoyed both of them tremendously. Even the confusing stuff doesn't really get in the way of appreciating this great action movie. Not only aren't we told why Ogami (Tomisaburo Wakayama) is an outcast, the film also throws a lot of feudal Japanese history at you, not a whole lot of which sticks. Japan, as I gather from the story, is a political hodge-podge, with a distant shogun and a number of local feudal lords, one of whom Lone Wolf is engaged to assassinate - for his standard fee of 500 pieces of gold. There are other bad guys who carry repeating pistols, so I guess this takes places sometime during the mid-19th century. Ogami is a samurai, though, and the Code as developed through him in this movie disdains guns. The True Warrior doesn't use them. My favorite mystery, though, concerns the different techniques used by samurai. Ogami uses the Suiouryu Style, or the Horse-Slaying Technique. The identification of it is used by his enemies to tell when he was the one who made one of the numerous corpses that populate this film.

The plot is functionally unexceptional. Ogami travels with Daigoro. While at an inn Ogami defends a young woman who murdered a man who was going to sell her into prostitution. To save her, Ogami undergoes a ritual torture in her stead. His torturers want a local governor murdered. This blade for hire. The governor has resources of his own to call to his defense - sleek and silent ninjas, samurai, gunners, archers, and hordes of sword wielding foot soldiers. Can our baby-toting hero match an army sent to stop him?

LONE WOLF AND CUB: BABY CART TO HADES is pretty nonstop, exotic and engaging, with a charismatic star and son. In many ways it's similar to the proficient gunslinger coming into and cleaning up Dodge City, with the advantage of the expanded cinematic possibilities offered by sword fights. I can't wait to watch the rest of this series. Highest recommendation.

an exotic, lush, exaggerated world of Japanese and Samurai absolutes.......2005-07-06

In many ways, this is my favorite of the Lone Wolf & Cub movies. It was the first I ever saw, wherein I was trying to figure out the whole premise as it went along.

This one starts on a river trip, scenic, but I had no idea where it was going. I could not BELIEVE it when the hero cut down the first 3 assassins in the first 5 minutes... in an otherwise quiet forest, where he and his son were taking a "bathroom break". I replayed the scene twice, including slow-mo on the flourish with which he clears the blood from his sword and sheaths it.

I LOVE these movies and have watched them again and again. The photography is bright and lush when our heroes are traveling in the country. The spoken Japanese is abrupt and guttural (men) and pitched and inflected (women), and subtitles are placed well for non-distracting readability. I find myself grunting monosyllables (ooshh! yyoot!) in empathy. The costumes and side characters are bright, colorful, and medieval-Japanese folkloric (i.e., like watching "authentic" costume in a Shakespeare play).

It's an exotic, lush, exaggerated world of Japanese and Samurai absolutes that never really existed was but whose principles still appeal to some part of us. Lone Wolf & Cub are unique among Samurai movies for their exaggeration AND their not taking themselves TOO seriously.

I particularly like two things in this movie. The first is the touching interactions between father and son in simple settings like eating or washing. The second is the woman leader of the entertainment band which recruits the hero's help. She has got the best accent and attitude I have ever seen in a Japanese woman character! For that matter, NONE of the women leads in Lone Wolf & Cub movies are exactly shy, retiring types.

Be warned all the Lone Wolf & Cub movies have graphic gore (spraying blood, death throes, severed heads) and sex (rape scenes, bare bosoms).

I agree that internal and night scenes are darkly lit, but I found only a few hard to follow.

Average customer rating:

Old school collectors - beware!!!
I love the old school kung fu period, this aint it!!
does anyone review these types of movies? Or do they just write, no kungfu, swordplay, and bad, 1/5
this may be a good dvd
UTTER RUBBISH

Lightning Kung Fu
Starring: Leung , Kam-Bo , Chang , and Wang
Manufacturer: Brentwood Home Video
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Customer Reviews:

Old school collectors - beware!!!.......2006-05-29

This film is completely dreadful, the first challenge will be to stay awake throughtout the film; the second will be to wonder why on earth you wasted your money as the 'fighting' scenes are poor and bear no resemblance to the description on the case of the DVD. Look for a different film.

I love the old school kung fu period, this aint it!!.......2006-04-19

Unfortunately this movie was not what it suppose to be. According to the plot, it was one brother trying to find and kill his other brother, after being caught attempting to rape is sister in law. However, this movie was quite different,,it turned out to be some killer cop, hunting down some gold robbers,,chopping there heads off one at a time. However, don't get me wrong, I'm not into swords play, but this was not bad, especially the final 5 mins. I just like to get what I buy seen!!!

does anyone review these types of movies? Or do they just write, no kungfu, swordplay, and bad, 1/5.......2006-03-08

I have a review on this movieunder the real name of it. Killer Constable. The movie stars Chen Kuan Tai(star of orinal movie called iron monkey). He plays a constable who has to catch the 5 robbers who stole I think 2 million taels of gold, and recover the gold. In the prcess of recovery he meets Ku feng and Jason Pai Pao. Certainly not one of the better kungfu movies(though the ending is FREAKING SWEET), the swordplay is a little sloppy and Chen Kuan Tai may not be the greatest swordsman, but he is one hell of an actor. The dubbing is of course in english and the version I have is full screen and only about 90 min., but it still manages to be one of the greatest movies I have ever seen. Now that may be an opinion, but the fact is that this is the darkest movie that I have ever viewed. By the end of the movie, killer constable ends up being my favorite character in cinema history. Not that I liked him as a person that much, I loved the way he reacted to everything that happens to him. When this guy makes a decision, even a tough one, there is absolutely no hesitation whatsoever. When he is asked by his friend to kill him because he is in so much pain, the constable doesn't try to talk him out of it, he kills him as he would anyone else, quick and hopefully forgettable. I could tell you something like killer constable has a hard heart but softens up at the end, that's called giving away the movie. So just go ahead and experience it yourself.

ALSO YES, THIS IS A SWORDPLAY MOVIE AND HAS LITTLE HAND TO HAND, BUT HOW THAT COULD DETRACT YOU FROM WATCHING THIS, THAT IS YOUR PROBLEM.

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I have the red sun version and it is uncut:)

My favorite shaw brother movie ever, bettern than shaolin intruders, shaolin challenges ninja, and deadly matis.

Again, don't buy this expecting to see shaolin vs. lama type of action. Expect to see a great movie that only beats out avenging eagle in my personal opinion.

this may be a good dvd.......2005-03-18

So what if this DVD is about sword fighting... some people like sword fighting.

UTTER RUBBISH.......2004-03-30

This movie does not have any kung-fu fighting!! Its all about sword fighting. If you're looking for real shaolin type kung-fu I suggest you look elsewhere. This is NOT kung-fu. I could only muster watching about three-quarters of the movie. Take my advice and don't waste your money on this crap. I guess you pay for what you get.

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