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One word: manliner. Hah, just kidding. This was pretty good. The end was crap, but meh, ignoring that . . . There were a lot of really brilliant scenes, especially style-wise. It also had the inadvertant effect though of making the not-so-good scenes really stick out as well.

Qiydaar Foster

3Feb12

This is even more wonderful upon second viewing! Beautiful Cinematography and camera moves! Creepy lead performance...How many samurai films have an evil man as the main character?

Darvek

1Dec11

I just watched this early samurai masterpiece - to be compared with Kurosawa's 'Sanjuro' & 'Yojimbo'. The protagonist Ryunosuke, a master of the sword, "rarely shows any emotion. His expression is fixed in a glassy stare that suggests a quiet insanity." [Wikipedia] Near the end, the madness is unleashed in a scene of unrivalled brutality.

Floyd Webb

10Aug11

Okamoto-San certainly had a wry sense of humor. Definitely dark, but it smolders here in Sword of Doom, it sparkles in Dixieland Daimyo. And yeah this is the Illest of the ill, the darkest of dark and Nakadai Tatsuya plays on that evil like an angel on a harp.

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Chris Jones

17Jul11

Tatsuya Nakadai is the creepiest motherfucker alive and the slaughter at the end has got to be one of the top 5 massacres in cinema history. I declare this movie THE ILLEST. As in, THE MOST ILL.

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kwlsk

29Jun11

Haiku-movie. The last scene here is like the last line in haiku poem - puts everything on its place

Il Grande

12Jun11

Superb photography, great film and really violent too for a film of it's day...quite a surprise...really enjoyed the whole thing!!!

Rashed

6Jun11

Tatsuya Nakadai is just perfect as the nihilist swordsman. And that cinematography! hooo lawdy. I've taken about 40 stills from this I think. Anyway yeah, great film by any stretch of the imagination.

Threske

13May11

Here are some stills I took of my favorite scenes: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1808131448191.104219.1387080735&l=b0d76234d5

Harry Rossi

26Apr11

Nakadai gives an incredibly strong and subtle performance as the lead role in this wonderful film. At times the story got very confusing with a large amount of characters and subplots that didn't always add up but ultimately it tied together nicely. Also the cinematography is absolutely breathtaking. For me it was a 4 star movie up until the last scene which was completely brilliant and made it a 5 star film.

Chocnut

25Nov10

Nakadai's acting is especially brilliant in the last few minutes!

HeadGEAR

16Aug10

A great film.

All Is Grace

13Aug10

Nice ending.

Matt

4Aug10

I agree with Darrel.

Dan.

20Jul10

its a crazy and powerful samurai fucking shit up and takin names, whats not to like?

Silenzio

11Jun10

Nakadai is magnificent here- one of the most memorable performances I have ever seen!!

Darrel

18Mar10

Comparing this film to Kill Bill is a huge insult to Sword of Doom, please cease and desist making such comparisions.

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traag-1

15Feb10

Tatsuya Nakadai is fierce.

bingbong

13Aug09

Stewart took the words right out of my mouth. This film reminds me of Kill Bill everytime I see it. Also, the ending is soooooooooo sweet.

Mr. Fuffcans

23Feb09

if anything its worth it to watch not one but two samurai legends share the screen together

Crap Monster

3Feb09

On its own, it hard to gauge its quality since its latter components were never filmed. Regardless, the final sequence is probably one of the most impressively shot action scenes seen on film. The tracking shot earlier in the film of a smaller massacre is also somewhat reminiscent of today's Old Boy.

stewart SFA Adams

23Jan09

The Film lacks a clear direction with characters appearing randomly everywhere. Still a very strong film. The End however is amazing, a bloody massacare complex lighting, and countinous shots from room to room, it surely was an inspiration for Kill BIll. Note: I just found out his film was meant to be first in a trilogy which would explain some of the nonsense.