If you loved The Executioner, try Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
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 The Executioner, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight is
You fight as a ronin with a death wish, but then a clan war erupts. Teruo Ishii directs this 1973 action film.
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