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A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.
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- 4 wins & 5 nominations
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- TriviaThe background for the artificial set in the prologue is clearly inspired by the woodblock prints "Gaifu Kaisei" and "Sanka Haku" featured in Hokusai's famous "Thirty Six Views of Mount Fuji" series.
- GoofsIn the final scene, the Gunman goes from having a mustache and goatee to being clean shaven between shots.
- Alternate versionsThe international cut version, shorter by 23 minutes, omits several scenes for pacing reasons and also all the scenes where the big Genji/Minamoto henchman after having his balls shot off develops a crush for his leader Yoshitsune. This version was screened at several film festivals and is featured on most of the DVD releases outside of Japan.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Django Unchained (2012)
- SoundtracksDjango ~Sasurai~
Performed by Saburô Kitajima
Written by Makoto (as MAKOTO°), Franco Migliacci and Robert Mellin
Composed by Luis Bacalov (as Luis Enrique Bacalov)
Arranged by Eiji Kawamura
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Reading some of the reviews, I am surprise that others are confused as to the story. It is basically a samurai movie made as a Japanese western with Japanese cowboys instead of samurais. The story is almost the same as Yojimbo/A Fistfull of dollars. Stranger comes into town and gets the 2 opposing gangs to start killing each other. The difference being he has a sidekick in the kick ass Bloody Benten (female gunslinger). I think what makes everyone go "huh?" is its rather confusing opening with Quentin Tarantino and also the dialogue in heavily Japanese accented and enunciated English. It is rather jarring and does distract from the story. However if you have watched enough undubbed samurai movies you will be familiar with the style and delivery of the dialogue so the distraction goes away. The movie is nothing original but based on it simply being a gunfight movie its not bad.
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,800,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $50,659
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,856
- Aug 31, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $2,725,258
- Runtime2 hours 1 minute
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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