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Love samurai films? Wish they were... dirtier? Welcome to Hanzo the Razor's deranged world of crazy swordplay and sexploitation set to a 1970s funk soundtrack. Uncut for the first time ever in the UK, this cult 1970s Japanese pinku trilogy was seemingly influenced by Dirty Harry and Shaft, but there's no doubt who has the 'longer arm of the law'!
Shintaro Katsu (best known as the blind swordsman in the original Zatoichi) stars as Hanzo - a rebellious yet obsessively moral samurai police officer who slashes his way through the backbone of crime, uncovers corruption at higher levels, and tortures relentlessly using his own unique techniques. Shocking audiences even today, the hardest man in Edo regularly unleashes his special weapon in the form of his oversized penis, which he uses to 'interrogate' female suspects into pleasured compliance. Despite the knuckle-biting, graphic violence there is an underlying social commentary, testifying to the noble honour of the samurai and emphasising Hanzo's status as the people's champion.
In Sword of Justice, Hanzo overturns his own gutless superiors; in The Snare, he breaks into a temple used by local magistrates for the sadistic torture of young girls. In Who's Got the Gold?, the shogunate treasury is being looted by its own officials.
From the creator of the Lone Wolf and Cub series (used as the basis for Shogun Assassin, and a direct influence on Tarantino's Kill Bill) the Hanzo the Razor trilogy is presented here for the first time in the UK complete and uncut.
Contains: Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice (1972); Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (1973); Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? (1974).
It's wonderful to see these full-blooded (and firmly tongue-in-cheek) samurai movies finally given the treatment they deserve in this 3-CD set: enhanced anamorphic wid... more >
It's wonderful to see these full-blooded (and firmly tongue-in-cheek) samurai movies finally given the treatment they deserve in this 3-CD set: enhanced anamorphic widescreen, original language soundtracks, subtitles and so forth. This kinetic, blood-drenched series (which, like the similar Lone Wolf and Cub series features a middle-aged paunchy samurai (Shintaro Kitsu) with nigh-supernatural ability) remains a wild ride for aficionados of the genre, and if the sexual politics of the series will open some eyes, those in tune with this high-octane comic strip will relish every minute of the un-PC action in all three films. < less
