Gun Crazy: Episode 1 - A Woman from Nowhere (Video 2002)

Director:

Atsushi Muroga

Writers:

Takeshi Hamazaki, Atsushi Muroga

Stars:

Ryoko Yonekura, Shingo Tsurumi, Takeshi Yamato

Cast

Credited cast:
Ryoko Yonekura	...	Saki
Shingo Tsurumi	...	Mr. Tojo
Takeshi Yamato
Shun Sugata
Takashi Ukaji
Kenny Scott	...	Sam Rivera
Lana Lesley	...	Saki (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mary J. Baird	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Lance Bowlter	...	Sawashira (voice)
Jeremy Carpenter	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Regi Crosby	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jim Damm	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Ellot Haynes	...	Nishi (voice)
Michael Hoffer	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Samantha Inoue Harte	...	Hooker in Red Dress (voice)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

hospital | virus | police officer | assault rifle | barbecue | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Site [jp]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

23 August 2002 (Japan)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Gun Crazy: Episode 2 - Beyond the Law (2002)

User Reviews

A mish-mash of Sergio Leone movies, with a few twists...

The advertising blurb for the movie said it was "a Japanese take on a classic spaghetti Western", and sure enough, it is. Although that genre actually has its roots in various samurai films, most notably Yojimbo, this movie definitely seems to draw more from Segion Leone's westerns.

The plot is largely "Once Upon a Time in the West", except instead of Charles Bronson, the person wanting revenge is a young lady, Saki, played by the very attractive Ryoko Yonekura. Then it sort of switches to "A Fistful of Dollars" for a while, has a brief "A Good, the Bad and the Ugly" interlude, then goes back to "Once Upon a Time...". The ending is pretty original It's enjoyable, but the production values are pretty low. While it tries to emulate the style of HK gun-play, it comes off more as a community theater level of special effects/stunts/gun-play.

With better action choreography, better gun effects, and the movie just filled out more (it's only about 65 minutes), it would have been a much better movie.