Product Details

• Actors: Richard Boone, Toshirô Mifune, Mike Starr, Timothy Patrick Murphy, Frank Converse
• Directors: Tsugunobu Kotani
• Writers: William Overgard
• Producers: Arthur Rankin Jr., Benni Korzen, Jules Bass, Masaki Îzuka
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Lance Entertainment
• VHS Release Date: December 17, 2002
• Run Time: 104 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000714GK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #411,306 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Simply Entertaining, October 26, 2011

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Moxie Spirit - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bushido Blade (DVD)

If you are a true Richard Boone fan, as I am, you can appreciate his usual loud expressionate voice is true to his character. This being his last film, made me curious about the film. He part is fairly brief, but convincing. Frank Converse as the Marine who goes inland to retrieve the sword, keeps the story going with lots of action, along with Sonny Shiba, is a good blend of characters. The big sailor, who stumbles into some sumu wrestlers, is hilarious. Keeping an eye on his nephew also adds to the story. I first saw this film back in 1980 on Cinemax, I have the VHS tape. I have watched it several times. What's a movie without a little malarkey. It's just fun to watch.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Travesty is putting it kindly!!!, June 11, 2004

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Brandon K. Kirkham "Desert Trooper" (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bushido Blade (DVD)

Simply put, this film is garbage. I rented it because I love samurai films. I saw that the cast included the great Toshiro Mifune, and assumed that it had to have some worth. Boy was I wrong!!!

Incredibly American ego-centric poo-poo. The film's main character is an American marine who is working with Admiral Perry. In order to seal the treaty between America and Japan, a sacred blade was to be given to America as a gift of allegiance from Japan. The Bushido Blade is quickly stolen so that the deal cannot be completed. Although the Americans fail to see the importance of such a gift, they send the marine to retrieve it from the evil samurai who had stolen it. Constantly insulting the Japanese for holding a mere object in such high regard, the film shows its small mindedness and lack of appreciciation for Japan's culture and the high art of sword making. The story goes on with the typical plot twists and some disgustingly unrealistic battles. Namely a fight between the American marine and the best swordsman of a lethal Samurai clan. Of course the American wins. That should give you a pretty good clue about his movie.

!!!STAY AWAY AT ALL COSTS!!! Don't even rent this piece of crap. It will sap the intelligence straight out of you brain and rob you of 100 minutes that you can never have back. If there's one thing in my life I regret, it is watching this idiotic film.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars For pity's sake don't, December 31, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Bushido Blade (DVD)

Any fans of samurai films, Sonny Chiba and Toshiro Mifune, do yourself a favour and stay away from this ignorant, stupid film. The hamminess of the American actors, the portrayal of Americans as big lumbering stupid clods and Japanese as just crazy....this film is infuriatingly bad.