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SHOGUN WARRIOR presents an epic set in 17th-century Japan. One clan, led by the warlord Takugawa Ieyasu (Toshiro Mifune), is locked in a bloody feud with a rival clan. Ieyasu decides that the only way to achieve victory is to send a band of soldiers to Spain to obtain flintlock muskets that will fire even when wet. To this end, .. Read more

Starring	David Essex, Sho Kosugi, Toshiro Mifune, John Rhys-Davies
Director	Gordon Hessler
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller

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- Enjoyable, action-filled romp mixing martial arts, swashbuckling, pirates, assassins and a little romance.
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  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:38
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  was a strange mix of ...
  
  was a strange mix of the historical and the fanciful. The best scenes are the fight scenes in japan. Not all the characters are believable, but it is an ... read more »
  
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  Light, family entertainment.
  
  This is a weak swashbuckler made in a simple American style where culture, custom, history and the laws of physics are all ignored as the plot creaks and ... read more »
  
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  - 06 May 2007 at 14:12
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  swashbuckling adventure
  
  Nice to see Sho Kosugi back in action again, and David Essex is surprisingly good as an over-the-top villain.
  
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  the film in my opinion...
  
  the film in my opinion started a little slow and had the dreaded sub titles but it soon got better and the wife and i both enjoyed it .
  
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  was a strange mix of ...
  
  was a strange mix of the historical and the fanciful. The best scenes are the fight scenes in japan. Not all the characters are believable, but it is an ... read more »
  
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  was a strange mix of ...
  
  was a strange mix of the historical and the fanciful. The best scenes are the fight scenes in japan. Not all the characters are believable, but it is an ... read more »
  
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  the film in my opinion...
  
  the film in my opinion started a little slow and had the dreaded sub titles but it soon got better and the wife and i both enjoyed it .
  
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  - BANGOR
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  swashbuckling adventure
  
  Nice to see Sho Kosugi back in action again, and David Essex is surprisingly good as an over-the-top villain.
  
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  Light, family entertainment.
  
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  SHOGUN WARRIOR presents an epic set in 17th-century Japan. One clan, led by the warlord Takugawa Ieyasu (Toshiro Mifune), is locked in a bloody feud with a rival clan. Ieyasu decides that the only way to achieve victory is to send a band of soldiers to Spain to obtain flintlock muskets that will ...