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Chokugeki! Jigoku-ken (The Executioner) (Direct Hit! Hell Fist) (1974)

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Release Date: Oct 10, 1974 Wide

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This exciting action film from prolific director Teruo Ishii stars Sonny Chiba as Kouga, a descendant of a long line of ninja warriors who has put his amazing physical abilities behind him and lost his way. Eventually, however, Kouga teams up with a hitman named Sakura (Mitsuru Sato) and his friend Hayato (played by former world lightweight boxing champion Shozo Saijo) to rip off the Japanese mob. Yutaka Nakajima co-stars in this gritty martial arts film, followed by a sequel, Executioner 2:

R, 1 hr. 27 min.

Art House & International, Action & Adventure

Directed By: Teruo Ishii

In Theaters: Oct 10, 1974 Wide

On DVD: Mar 19, 2002

Cast

Sonny Chiba
Ryuichi Koga
Makoto Sat�
Takeshi Hayato
Eiji Go
Ichiro Sakura
Henry Sanada
Yasuaki Kurata
Karate Teacher
Masahiko Tsugawa
Mario Mizuhara
Ry� Ikebe
Arashiyama
Yutaka Nakajima

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Ninja at its lowest point.

May 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Great stuff, this one really reminded me of the A-Team, though it obviously pre-dates that show by a decade or so. Chiba and a group of thugs caught in the middle of vicious drug lords, they spend the film in vicious battles and taking the piss out of one another, it's a fun little ride and punctuated with random

June 18, 2010