Shogun's Shadow

Original title: Shôgun Iemitsu no ranshin - Gekitotsu

19891989
1h 54m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

611

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Action Adventure Drama

A small band of heroes goes on a journey to protect a five year old who is next in line to become the Shogun of Japan. The boy's father, the Mad Shogun, tries to remove his son from the line... Read allA small band of heroes goes on a journey to protect a five year old who is next in line to become the Shogun of Japan. The boy's father, the Mad Shogun, tries to remove his son from the line of succession by any means possible.A small band of heroes goes on a journey to protect a five year old who is next in line to become the Shogun of Japan. The boy's father, the Mad Shogun, tries to remove his son from the line of succession by any means possible.

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

611

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Hiroyuki Nagato in Shogun's Shadow (1989)

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8/10

A great and overlooked Samurai movie.

When I was eagerly chasing Asian movies about 5 years back this movie never popped up for some reason. I discovered it by some rare movie website. I'm sure glad I did.

This movie has all the ingredients for a movie of my taste: sword fights, nice scenery and a moving story.

The story isn't too deep; a young kid is a heir to a shogun title, his older brother hates that and wants him dead. About 7 samurai take up a journey to bring the kid safely to his destination.

Not the most compelling story, I know, but this is an action movie. The scenes and scenery are enough to keep me interested. My only problem was the cheesy hair metal song that was played during one of the battle scenes. Other than that, this movie is recommended for fans of action/adventure movies.

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