Presented by The Cult Film Club - Extreme
Shogun Assassin
Tale of a wondering samurai and his young son in this legendary midnight movie with a killer synth soundtrack and enough kinetic violence to fuel a dozen Tarantino epics.
Director: Robert Houston, Kenji Misumi
Cast includes: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo
Presented by The Cult Film Club - Extreme
86 Mins / 1980/ Japan, subtitles
Shogun Assassin, the tale of a wondering samurai and his toddler son, is a legendary midnight movie with a killer synth soundtrack and enough kinetic violence to fuel a dozen Tarantino epics.
By cutting together the first two films in the Japanese Lone Wolf and Cub series with a new script and English dub, two enterprising New York filmmakers created an extraordinary grindhouse experience that was considered so gory and violent that it found itself on the Video Nasties list in the UK! With ninja attacks, swirling blades and geysers of blood, Shogun Assassin is a crowd-pleasing spectacle that needs to be seen on the big screen.
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About The Cult Film Club EXTREME
The brainchild of film historian Dr Adrian Smith, The Cult Film Club was established in Eastbourne in 2018 following a screening of Evil Dead II at the Royal Hippodrome Theatre. A season of highly entertaining films followed, including such classics as The Warriors, The Man With Two Brains and Enter the Dragon before the club relocated to the Towner Cinema where fans gathered for The Thing, Labyrinth, Heathers and The Dead, before lockdown intervened.
This new EXTREME version of the club sees us bringing a mix of films to the Electric Palace that are shocking, controversial, or just extremely silly. With an emphasis on crowd-pleasing, a good time is guaranteed for all brave enough to join us.
About Dr Adrian Smith
Dr Adrian Smith is a film historian and lecturer at the University of Sussex. He co-hosts two film podcasts (Second Features and Wild, Wild Podcast), writes for Cinema Retro magazine, has provided essays and commentary tracks for a number of cult film blu ray releases, and is co-author on the recently published book Norman J. Warren: Gentleman of Terror. He will talk endlessly about films to anyone who will listen.
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