'Hanzo The Razor : Sword of Justice' (1972) - Kenji Misumi.

Heavy Blaxploitation grooves, and killer Katana moves, Shintaro Katsu's Hanzo The Razor remains one of Toho's most iconic death-dealing dude's!

 

 

 

'Before Hanzo The Razor hits the street he beats his meat, he drinks water torture for breakfast, and Hanzo's so mean, to keep his grim visage pristine he shaves his manly chin with a rusty guillotine!'

Because the gripping narrative has genuine substance, vividly dramatised by such superlative acting, the violence is that much more effective, a fact all too many contemporary filmmakers have conspicuously forgotten!