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Samurai goes on a rampage

1 decade 6 years 4 months ago

The gory finale of the movie "Sword of doom" (1966) by Kihachi Okamoto.

From Wikipedia:
"Ryunosuke appears to descend into complete insanity. He starts slashing at the shadows of the ghosts that surround him, and then begins attacking his fellow assassins, who seem to number in the hundreds. In one of the longest (seven minutes) and most famous sword fight scenes on film, Ryunosuke kills countless gang members in the burning geisha house as they gradually wear him down with what few wounds they can inflict. Finally it appears that Ryunosuke will surely be killed; bleeding and staggering, his face contorted in rage, he lurches forward, raises his sword once more, and the film ends; a freeze-frame catching Ryunosuke in mid sword-slash.

The film's abrupt ending leaves many plot elements unresolved. The film originally intended to begin a trilogy of films, based on the historical novel of the same name by Kaizan Nakazato. The filmmakers wanted to complete the story in later sequels, but these were never made.

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Norsuelefantti

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There is a cool clip of the same movie on youtube, where Toshiro Mifune fights against his assaillants in snow, while Tatsuya Nakadai stands by and watches in fear. Unfortunately it has embedding disabled:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObuvfQKPCsA

NordlichReiter

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He looks a lot like ken wantabe in the last samurai before the last battle.

kulpims

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http://www.videosift.com/video/Tribute-to-legendary-actor-Toshiro-Mifune-Dedicated-to-JAPR

Norsuelefantti

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*dead

siftbot

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This video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by Norsuelefantti.