If you loved Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight, try The Executioner
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Teruo Ishii, and they sit in Action territory. If that's the register that drew you to Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What The Executioner is
You’re a masterless ninja drawn into a contract with a former cop turned assassin. Takeshi Hayato needs muscle against a drug lord tied to a vanished shipment. The job feels like suicide by syndicate. Teruo Ishii stages every blade flash like a kabuki kill, leaving the alley slick and the body count final.
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