BLOOD END is one of the great unknown films from Japan's golden era of the late 1960's. Starring NAKADAI Tatsuya in one of his best roles, this is the story of the Mito Tengu Group who attempted to overthrow the Shogunate at the beginning of the Bakumatsu Period. Their political aspirations led to countless assassinations, as well as senseless killing of innocent people who got in their way. Sentaro (NAKADAI), a farmer who's been severely beaten for his outspoken defiance of the government and the high taxes during a time of famine is befriended by one of the group's leaders, KADA Gentaro (KATO Go) and joins up. This is the masterpiece of director YAMAMOTO Satsuo (who is best known for the first film in the NINJA, BAND OF ASSASSINS series) the erstwhile 'Leftist' director, who used his films to make his political points. Stunning fight choreography, and ultra-violence make this one of the bloodiest films of that era. A powerful film Rare classic!
An abandoned temple in the mountains outside of the old capital city of Kyoto is the scene of a fated meeting between a traveling priest, two women, and a vicious killer. Bloody violence erupts whenever strangers approach the temple. Can the traveling priest bring his belief in the Buddha and rid the three temple residents of the devils that hold their souls?
The film portrays a satirical view of today's heartless money-oriented society.
日独伊三国同盟が結ばれた昭和15年、上海。日本陸軍の諜報員である次郎はスパイ容疑をかけられ、本土へ強制送還されてしまい、身柄を拘束される。そこで元外相の高倉と出会うが、すべては重要情報が海外に漏洩した事件を調べる次郎の上司・草薙の策略だった。次郎は釈放された高倉を監視するため、彼のボディガードとなって接近。次郎はドイツの武官と連携し、日本に潜入した英国情報部のボス、暗号名“キャッツ・アイ”を捜す。
A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.
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“大魔神”シリーズ第２弾。戦国時代、名越一族と千草一族は、八雲の湖をはさんで暮らしていた。そして湖の中央にある神の島に祭られる武神像により、平和を守られていた。そんな中、千草家の跡取り息子十郎と名越家の娘早百合は結婚することとなっており、両家の長期にわたる幸福な関係は約束されているかにみえた。ところが彼らは思わぬ侵略にさらされることになる。隣国の領主御子柴弾正は、まず千草一族、続いて名越一族を倒し､その領地を手に入れる。さらに両家を守り続けてきた武神像を破壊し、湖に捨ててしまう｡そして邪魔になった十郎と早百合を処刑しようとする。絶体絶命と思ったその時、湖がまっぷたつに割れ、巨大な魔神が現れる……｡神ノ島関係のシーンは、京都撮影所内に大規模なセットを組んで撮影。湖面を二つに割って登場する大魔神が圧巻。
[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni shrine. He is asked if he thinks he has destroyed all the ninja who opposed him and answers that he suspects that there may be more. A servant brings water and tests it first. The paige dies and we hear gunshots as two ninja flee the scene. His suspicions confirmed, Nobunaga oversees the execution of captured ninja and decides that, in the future, he needs a much crueler method of execution. The daimyo Hideyoshi comes to visit.
