Product Details

• Actors: Charles Bronson, Ursula Andress, Toshirô Mifune
• Directors: Terence Young
• Format: Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen, Import
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Evergreen Entertainment RSP
• DVD Release Date: July 17, 2007
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000ROAPTA
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #11,120 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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A classic Western Epic! --Risingsunproductions.net

Product Description
Link (Charles Bronson), a rough-riding gunslinger, teams up with Kuroda (Toshiro Mifune), an honorable samurai warrior, in a grisly tale of revenge set in the lawless southwest of the 1870s.

A gruesome train robbery involving a priceless samurai sword throws the two bitter enemies together. As victims of the same desperado, they are forced to unite to capture the killer and restore the sword to its rightful owner. They have one week to complete their mission or the warrior must commit hara-kiri! The action heats up when they kidnap the killer's beautiful girlfriend (Ursula Andress), a prostitute working in a seedy bordello.

Link and Kuroda are determined to get their man...and nothing can stop them! Follow this burning tale of revenge as the action explodes under the scorching RED SUN!

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gunslinger and Samurai, July 9, 2008

By	Zack Davisson "All Good Things" (Seattle, WA, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I am amazed that I have lived so much of my life without even knowing this flick existed. This is the sort of thing I should have seen years ago, and watched over and over again. Think about it. A Western staring Charles Bronson (The Magnificent Seven) and Mifune Toshiro (Seven Samurai), facing off against Alain Delon (Le Samourai). As a little icing we get Ursula Andress (Dr. No). Bliss.

Getting these four international actors together in the same plot isn't as strange as you think. Mifune is Kuroda Jubie, a guard for the Ambassador from Japan who is currently en-route to Washington D.C. where he is to deliver a magnificent sword as a present from the Emperor of Japan to the President of the US. Their train is robbed by Bronson, playing outlaw Link Stuart, but he is betrayed mid-robbery by his partner Gauche (Alain Delon) who takes the gold-encrusted sword. Joining together in a wary truce, Mifune and Bronson hunt Delon to recover their lost honor and stolen treasures. Andress is Delon's woman, but someone who can easily be convinced to switch her loyalties if the price is right.

What is so amazing about this film is that, aside from its impressive international cast, is that is just a really good movie. What could have been played for laughs, as happened in the much later Shanghai Noon, is instead treated entirely straight, and a subtle story of honor and revenge is laid out with patience and perfection. Although technically a "Spaghetti Western", none of the tropes are brought into play, and everything is handled with respect and intention. Mifune is not Bronson's wacky sidekick, and Delon is no French buffoon.

As an interesting note, this is the first film I have seen where Mifune speaks English. It was quite a surprise, and he does an able job with his lines, although they are not flawless. His character here is a straight-laced servant to his lord rather than the dangerous rouge from Yojimbo, and the scenes between him and Bronson are fantastic.

This DVD presentation is a little lacking. It is strictly bare-bones, and the video looks to be a PAL transfer. It would be nice to see this gem get a deluxe Region 1 release, but until then I am just happy to have it in any format.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars perfect version!, April 10, 2008

By	alex ricky "ricky24" (nyc) - See all my reviews

Finally we get a remastered and unedited version of Red Sun. Ever since
i had this on VHS, the quality had been mediocre. This is the way to see
the film; next to the big screen.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HONOR ABOVE MONEY, September 28, 2008

By	Kay's Husband (Virginia, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

What a terrific movie, a foreign made, atypical western having train robbery, an attempted murderous double cross, and a 7-day cross-country traipse to recover the loot.

The photography, the mountains, out-of-the-way deserted locations, and the crisp dialogue leaves very little to desire in a rousing western adventure. The script is superb, with exceptional acting, interesting and arresting women, Comanche Indian attacks, great looking horses and horsemanship, broken mountainous country, and a mixture of Japanese/American culture combined with a dual quest almost to equal the knights of Arthur's round table. The soundtrack is very pleasant, never intruding as is true with some movies.

A movie not to be missed and one to view over and over. It's been showing on ENCORE westerns all month, September, 2008, and I've already viewed it several times.

Semper Fi.