Merely two years after kickstarting a supposed new franchise, the Hanzo the Razor saga came to an end, with the release of the third and final production of the series, “Hanzo the Razor, Who’s Got the Gold?” In keeping with the tradition of the first two, this too had a different director at the helm in Yoshi Inoue. However, Yasuzo Masumura, the director of the second story, would stay on as the scriptwriter even if the directorial duties were handed over to Inoue, with this ending up being the final feature film he’d do.
Things kick off when Hanzo Itami’s assistants Devil-Fire and Viper encounter a female ghost while fishing at a lake and run to Hanzo to inform him of the same. Unperturbed and excited by the idea of catching and having sex with a “ghost”, Hanzo sets off to investigate and upon catching said ghost,...
Things kick off when Hanzo Itami’s assistants Devil-Fire and Viper encounter a female ghost while fishing at a lake and run to Hanzo to inform him of the same. Unperturbed and excited by the idea of catching and having sex with a “ghost”, Hanzo sets off to investigate and upon catching said ghost,...
- 3/13/2021
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Less than a year after the success of “Sword of Justice”, Shintaro Katsu returned as the lawman with an enormous penis, a disgust for corruption and very questionable interrogation techniques for a new mystery, this time helmed by none other than Yasuzo Masumura.
Early on, we see Hanzo Itami run into government treasurer Lord Okubu while chasing two thieves with his assistants Devil-Fire and Viper. Once again, Hanzo stresses on his dislike for corrupt officials in this encounter, which then gives way for the mystery central to the story. These two thieves, as it turns out, were running away from a nearby rice mill after discovering a half-naked dead woman there. Upon investigating, Hanzo deduces that the death was in fact not a murder but the result of a botched illegal abortion. This leads Hanzo into uncovering, once again, a conspiracy going way high, this time involving shamanic rituals,...
Early on, we see Hanzo Itami run into government treasurer Lord Okubu while chasing two thieves with his assistants Devil-Fire and Viper. Once again, Hanzo stresses on his dislike for corrupt officials in this encounter, which then gives way for the mystery central to the story. These two thieves, as it turns out, were running away from a nearby rice mill after discovering a half-naked dead woman there. Upon investigating, Hanzo deduces that the death was in fact not a murder but the result of a botched illegal abortion. This leads Hanzo into uncovering, once again, a conspiracy going way high, this time involving shamanic rituals,...
- 3/5/2021
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
With the Zatoichi series running out of steam (there would be only two more of those releasing after 1972), actor/producer/director Shintaro Katsu and his newly formed production house Katsu Productions were looking to kickstart a new series of chanbara films as leading vehicles for the star, as well as to keep the company functioning. For this purpose, they turned their eye towards a gekiga (Japanese version of a graphic novel) by writer Kazuo Koike, an outlandish tale of an Edo-era law enforcer. For the first one, Katsu called upon Kenji Misumi, the director with the most directing credits on the Zatoichi features, and regular cinematographer Chikashi Makiura to lend their vision to this new tale. If, however, you go into the Hanzo films expecting anything similar to Zatoichi, you’re in for a very rude surprise!
This is the story of Hanzo Itami, an incorruptible magistrate...
This is the story of Hanzo Itami, an incorruptible magistrate...
- 3/5/2021
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
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