Shogun Assassin 2 DVD 1980 A Sógun orgyilkosa 2 - A halál villámló kardjai / Directed by Kenji Misumi / Starring: Tomisaburo Wakayama, Kayo Mautso, Akiji Kobayashi

UPC 5999882941202

MADE IN EU

REGION 2 PAL DVD

AUDIO: Japanese mono, Hungarian mono

Subtitles: Hungarian

TOTAL RUNTIME: 90 MINUTES

English Summary:

Shogun Assassin is a jidaigeki film made for the British and American markets and released in 1980. In 2006 it was restored and re-released on DVD in the United States by AnimEigo.

Shogun Assassin was edited and compiled from the first two films in the Lone Wolf and Cub series, using 12 minutes of the first film, Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (Kozure Ōkami: Kowokashi udekashi tsukamatsuru or Wolf with Child in Tow: Child and Expertise for Rent), and most of Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (Kozure Ōkami: Sanzu no kawa no ubaguruma or Wolf with Child in Tow: Perambulator of the River of Sanzu). Both were originally released in 1972. There were six films in all in the series. These, in turn, were based on the long-running 1970s manga series Lone Wolf and Cub created by the writer Kazuo Koike and the artist Goseki Kojima.

As the opening credits roll, an abbreviated version of Ogami Ittō's (Tomisaburô Wakayama) past as Shogunate Decapitator and his wife's murder by ninja are seen, with Daigorō (Akihiro Tomikawa) providing the narration.

Two hooded samurai attack Ogami while he is pushing a cart with Daigorō inside. Ogami fends off the attack of the first, breaking the samurai's sword and splitting his head. The second attacker jumps over the first, with the first still clasping Ogami's blade. Ogami pulls off a handrail from the cart and a blade shoots out, transforming it into a spear that impale the second attackers. As the first is dying, he reminds Ogami that he is marked for death.

As Ogami and Daigorō sit by a roadside fire and eat their evening meal, Ogami remembers how he offered the infant Daigorō the life–death choice: either Ogami's sword (which would mean that Daigorō would join him on his mission of vengeance against the Shogun) or Daigorō's ball (which would mean that Daigorō would be killed so that he could be with his mother in heaven). Daigorō chooses the sword. The next day, the Shogun's officials bring Ogami the Shogun's orders: either swear eternal loyalty or commit seppuku with Daigorō. Ogami chooses to fight his way to freedom with Daigorō, only to have his path blocked by the Shogun and his men. The Shogun challenges Ogami to fight his son Kurando in a duel; if Ogami wins, he wins his freedom. Ogami accepts. Despite Kurando's having the strategic advantage of having the sun behind him and Daigorō riding on Ogami's back, a mirror bound on Daigorō's forehead reflects the sun into Kurando's eyes, blinding him long enough for Ogami to slice off Kurando's head.

Hungarian Summary:

Ogami Itto a sógun leghűbb szamurája, aki nem kérdőjelezi meg gazdája parancsait, és kegyetlenül végez annak ellenlábasaival. Amikor viszont hazatér, szerető férj és gondoskodó apa válik belőle. A sógun azonban egyre inkább elveszti az eszét, és félteni kezdi hatalmát Ogamitól, ezért bérgyilkosokat küld ellene, akik azonban csak Azamit, Ogami feleségét ölik meg. A gazdátlanná vált szamuráj ezután bosszút esküszik, és kisfiával, Daigoróval együtt számol le a sógun csatlósaival.

Cast / Szereplők:

• Tomisaburô Wakayama as Lone Wolf: The Shogun's disgraced, former executioner. 'Lone Wolf' (also known as Ogami Ittō) becomes an assassin-for-hire after his wife is murdered and he defies the Shogun. He travels throughout the land with his son Daigorō, and together they seek revenge against the Shogun. They are known as "Assassin with Son".
• Kayo Matsuo as Supreme Ninja: Known as the Supreme Ninja, she is the leader of an all-female group of ninja assassins. She is ordered by the Shogun to kill Lone Wolf.
• Minoru Ôki (credited as Minoru Ohki) as Eldest Master of Death; his primary weapon is a metal claw: The 'Masters of Death' are a team of three ninja brothers that are hired to escort and protect the Shogun's brother (Lord Kiru).
• Shôgen Nitta as Master of Death: Middle member of the 'Masters of Death'; his primary weapon is a knobbed metal club.
• Shin Kishida as Master of Death: Younger member of the 'Masters of Death'; his primary weapon is spiked gauntlets.
• Akihiro Tomikawa (credited as Masahiro Tomikawa) as Daigorō: Lone Wolf's three-year-old son.
• Reiko Kasahara as Azami, Lone Wolf's murdered wife and Daigorō's mother.
• Akiji Kobayashi (credited as Shoji Kobayashi) as Lord Kurogawa, leader of one of the Shogun's ninja groups.
• Taketoshi Naitô as Lord Bizen: One of the Shogun's sons.
• Tokio Oki as The Shogun: The sworn enemy of the Lone Wolf, the Shogun ordered the murder of Lone Wolf for his defiance. Since then, the Shogun has tried repeatedly to have Lone Wolf and his son (Daigorō) killed.
• Lamont Johnson as Voice-over for Lone Wolf
• Marshall Efron as Voice-over
• Sandra Bernhard as Voice-over for The Supreme Ninja
• Lennie Weinrib as Voice-over
• Sam Weisman as Voice-over
• Mark Lindsay as Voice-over
• Robert Houston as Voice-over
• David Weisman as Voice-over
• Gibran Evans as Voice of Daigorō