Synopsis:
Masumura’s 40th film, for which he collaborated on the script, shows plot irrationality perhaps due to the newspaper serial original, perhaps to the adolescent behavior he portrays. The extremes of self-sacrifice in some of the characters such as Hisayo and Sugiura contrast too sharply with the animal brutality of Sasabayashi and Namie, and the result is more caricature than realism. The harsh selfishness of Ichiro¯ and the abrupt techniques used to present his interior thoughts (double exposure of a naked Yuri as he undresses her with his eyes) prevent him in the end from winning audience sympathy. Part of a late sixties trend toward adolescent sexuality subject matter.

The House of Wooden Blocks (1968) -- Yasuzo Masumura.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1h 23mn
Size: 	1.16 GiB
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Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	720x368 ~> 864x368
Aspect ratio:  	2.35:1
Frame rate: 	23.976 fps
Bit rate: 	1 800 Kbps
BPP: 	0.283
Audio
#1:  	2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 Kbps

https://nitro.download/view/E67147BA7522645/The_House_of_Wooden_Blocks_(1968)_–_Yasuzo_Masumura.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/8252674D6DC33D6/The_House_of_Wooden_Blocks.srt

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English

The post Yasuzô Masumura – Tsumiki no hako AKA The House of Wooden Blocks (1968) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

When 150 guns are lost from the Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective tries to find out the truth.

Review by kagetsuhisoka:
Kenji Misumi’s nihilistic cop movie has finally been subbed. This is an amazing (and in my opinion) superior companion piece to Shintaro Katsu’s The Big Boss, which I uploaded not long ago. dimax9 provided me with a copy of the movie. Subs were timed and commissioned by me (thanks TheCatacomb as always). chapaev patched the DVD.

1.40GB | 1h 28m | 860×366 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/261E100D209CB0B/Internal.Sleuth.1973.DVDRIP.x264.AC3.mkv
or
https://nitro.download/view/4E4E40DB9C37B8B/Internal.Sleuth.1973.DVDRIP.x264.AC3.part1.rar
https://nitro.download/view/A2092D3FE9A2E9A/Internal.Sleuth.1973.DVDRIP.x264.AC3.part2.rar

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English

The post Kenji Misumi – Sakura no Daimon AKA Internal Sleuth (1973) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Synopsis:
Based on the best-selling manga series, the six intensely kinetic Lone Wolf and Cub films elevated chanbara to bloody new heights. The shogun’s executioner, Itto Ogami (Tomisaburo Wakayama), takes to wandering the countryside as an assassin—along with his infant son Daigoro (Akihiro Tomikawa) and a seemingly infinitely weaponized perambulator—helping those he encounters while seeking vengeance for his murdered wife. Delivering stylish thrills and a body count that defies belief, Lone Wolf and Cub is beloved for its brilliantly choreographed action sequences as well as its tender depiction of the bonds between a parent and a child.

In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan, and must assassinate a traitor who plans to sell his clan’s secrets to the Shogunate who is guarded by the three “Gods of Death”.

1.79GB | 1h 21mn | 1024×428 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/C957223BCDFD149/Lone.Wolf.and.Cub.2.Baby.Cart.At.The.River.Styx.1972.576p.BluRay.x264.AC3.2.0-TBB.mkv

Language:Japanese
Subtitles:English (muxed)

The post Kenji Misumi – Kozure Ôkami: Sanzu no kawa no ubaguruma AKA Lone Wolf and Cub II: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

A sort of remake of Lone Wolf and Cub for the western market condensing the series in one film. In 1980, Americans David Weisman (producer) and Robert Houston (director) stumbled upon the Japanese Lone Wolf and Cub films (in turn based on a hugely successful manga comic book), and realised that while Western Audiences at the time would lap up the violent battles, they might not be ready for the Chanbara genre’s comparatively slow pacing and period politics. They decided to take the best bits of Lone Wolf and Cub parts 1 and 2, and add their own dubbing and simplified plot. Shogun Assassin was born, and is probably responsible to this day for the Chanbara movie’s arrival in the West. Best approached as an introduction to the Lone Wolf and Cub legend.

The story is of a great samurai warrior who served his Shogun honorably. The Shogun however grew paranoid as he became more and more senile. The Shogun sought to destroy all those who might stand to oppose his rule, and so he sent his ninja spies to the samurai’s home. The ninjas failed to kill the samurai, but did kill his beloved wife. From then on, the samurai swore on his honor to seek out the Shogun and avenge the death of his love. Hr roams the countryside with his toddler son taking on mercenary work for money until the final battle with the Shogun’s three Masters of Death.

Robert Houston - (1980) Shogun Assassin.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 24 min
Size: 	1.95 GiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	1024x420 
Aspect ratio:  	2.40:1
Frame rate: 	23.976 fps
Bit rate: 	2 962 kb/s
BPP: 	0.287
Audio
#1:  	English 2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 kb/s
#2:  	English 2.0ch AAC @ 66.2 kb/s (Commentary with (film scholar) Ric Meyers and (martial arts expert) Steve Watson)
#3:  	English 2.0ch AAC @ 64.0 kb/s (Commentary with (producer) David Weisman, (illustrator) Jim Evans and (actor) Gibran Evans (the voice of Daigoro))

https://nitro.download/view/336660BC71E5100/Robert_Houston_-_(1980)_Shogun_Assassin.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:None

The post Robert Houston & Kenji Misumi – Shogun Assassin (1980) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

http://nitroflare.com/view/24B468D2F8299CF/Trail.of.Blood.1972-KG.avi
http://nitroflare.com/view/1A7B81594FA5382/Trail.of.Blood.1972-KG.idx
http://nitroflare.com/view/559EBEBA33FFCDC/Trail.of.Blood.1972-KG.sub
http://nitroflare.com/view/FE183B103C22880/Trail.of.Blood.1972-KG.srt

Language:Japanese
Subtitles:English (srt + idx/sub)

The post Kazuo Ikehiro – Mushukunin Mikogami no Jôkichi: Kiba wa hikisaita AKA Mikogami Trilogy I: The Trail of Blood (1972) first appeared on Cinema of the World.