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Bald Move Prestige

The Sword of Doom (1966)

Bald Move Prestige

Bald Move

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.5942 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

What happens when you have an unrepentant killer as a protagonist? The Sword of Doom (1966) directed by Kihachi Okamoto won’t give you the answer to that question, but will give you plenty of time to consider it. This work of ultra-violent mayhem serves as inspiration for many western action flicks. Unpack this work of accidental genius with Jim and A.Ron. Thank you Michael for commissioning this podcast! Oni Mask Serizawa Kamo You can get your very own custom commissioned podcast by visiting https://support.baldmove.com/. Join the discussion: Email | Discord | Reddit | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Right out of the womb they give these kids the most bizarre haircuts I've ever seen what would you call this the space invader

0:21.3

It literally looks like they took a template from one of the like one of the four-bit

0:26.0

Atari 2,600 space invaders put it on the kid's head and shaved the pattern into it. Hello everybody,

0:35.0

welcome back to another bald mood prestige.

0:41.0

Today we've got a commissioned podcast by becoming

0:45.6

prolific Commissioner Michael. This is for the 1966 shambara film, the Sword of Doom.

0:53.4

Shambara means sword fight in Japanese and boy howdy.

0:59.0

It's directed by Kahachi Okamoto, who was drafted into Imperial Japan's Air Force in

1:06.4

1943, which apparently was a profound experience since over a third of his work deals

1:10.7

with death and deems of war. He directed over 40 films and wrote 24 in a career that

1:16.5

spanned six decades and he was inspired apparently to become a filmmaker after seeing John Ford's stagecoach.

1:24.9

He's directed samurai assassin kill exclamation point Japan's longest day as well as the

1:31.4

human bullet is written by Shinobu Hashimoto who's

1:38.0

longtime collaborator with Kirakura-Sawa wrote Akiru which we covered in a commission

1:44.8

podcast earlier this year maybe late last not sure the classics rational

1:50.1

man seven samurai the throne of blood, the hidden fortress.

1:53.7

Probably should get co-writing credit on Star Wars.

1:56.7

It stars Tatsuia Nakati, Nakkahati, he is famous for his human condition trilogy and I hear that's a real,

2:10.3

that's a real piece of work.

2:11.7

I might have to hunt that up because I like this guy.

2:14.0

He's also starred in many Cura Cura Sala films including Ojimbo, Sanjuro, and high and low,

2:21.0

which is maybe a Michael's future commission list I don't know I don't

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