Member BlackLamaFaction Posted November 18, 2010 Member Share Posted November 18, 2010 I've been looking for Eiichi Kudo's 1969 Samurai western Fort of Death. Does anyone know if there is a subtitled version floating around anywhere out there? Does anyone have a version of it? Has anyone seen it? I cant find out anything about it. Can anyone help me out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted November 19, 2010 Member Share Posted November 19, 2010 I believe that movie is the one with Wakayama Tomisaburo. As far as I know they haven't been released yet, I think it was a trilogy, but Merlin over at SamuraiDVD.com was trying to get a remastered version and subtitle them. I have one of those movies Killer's Mission which one I have, and these movies were the reason he made the The Bounty Hunter TV Series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Takuma Posted November 19, 2010 Member Share Posted November 19, 2010 Unfortunately Toei hasn't released this one on dvd in Japan. The kanji title is 五人の賞金稼ぎ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member BlackLamaFaction Posted November 20, 2010 Author Member Share Posted November 20, 2010 I believe that movie is the one with Wakayama Tomisaburo. As far as I know they haven't been released yet, I think it was a trilogy, but Merlin over at SamuraiDVD.com was trying to get a remastered version and subtitle them. I have one of those movies Killer's Mission which one I have, and these movies were the reason he made the The Bounty Hunter TV Series. Hey Daisho, how is the quality your version of Killers Mission? The version I heard about was not so good. I didn't know these films were the inspiration for the Bounty Hunter. I have heard that Fort of Death was very Spaghetti Western inspired which sounded like such a departure from the other Eiichi Kudo films I've seen. I would love to get a copy if Merlin does a custom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted November 20, 2010 Member Share Posted November 20, 2010 BLF: Let me check it out for you, give me a few days and if its good, I'll burn you a copy. I think it was pretty decent really cannot remember though. I know the action scenes were great! I did write a review of it in the post-its: Samurai Movies & there sequels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member kungfusamurai Posted November 23, 2010 Member Share Posted November 23, 2010 There was someone on Ebay who used to sell as Martialfan. One time I asked for a complete list of what they had, and their PDF included Fort of Death as a non-subtitled VHS. I wish I had jumped on that, because they disappeared, and I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere since. Isn't there also a third film in that Shokin Kasegi series? KFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted November 23, 2010 Member Share Posted November 23, 2010 KFS: Yes it was a trilogy then it spawned into the TV Series The Bounty Hunter. Merlin said he does have all 3 movies he just hasn't finished them yet, I know he said he was almost done with the 2nd. film though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member BlackLamaFaction Posted November 23, 2010 Author Member Share Posted November 23, 2010 I'm pretty sure the other film in the trilogy has no english translation title. The Japanese title in our alphabet is Shokin Kubi: Isshun Hachinin Giri. Shokin Kubi translates to something like Bounty on your Head. Giri, I know from other films means Duty the rest of the title is a mystery to me. Can anyone translate it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted November 23, 2010 Member Share Posted November 23, 2010 I'm pretty sure the other film in the trilogy has no english translation title. BLF: Merlin said the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member kungfusamurai Posted November 25, 2010 Member Share Posted November 25, 2010 Thanks for the info guys. I will be looking forward to seeing those sequels on DVD. I bet they'll be somewhat comedic, like the first film was. LOL - when he did that Zatoichi parody. KFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted November 28, 2010 Member Share Posted November 28, 2010 KFS: I loved when he did the Zatoichi scene, that was awesome! BLF: I found The Killers Mission aka Shokin Kasegi which I think is the 1st. in the series. My copy looks like an old VHS but its good. If your interested let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member skubber Posted May 29, 2011 Member Share Posted May 29, 2011 Parts 2 & 3 are going to be released at samuraidvd.com Here's the complete list of coming attractions: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted May 29, 2011 Member Share Posted May 29, 2011 I cannot wait for some of these new releases! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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