Shogun Assassin: Presented by See It On 16mm
- Thu, Mar 5
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Kenji Misumi, Robert Houston Run Time: 85 min. Release Year: 1980
Starring: Akihiro Tomikawa, Kayo Matsuo, Minoru Ōki, Shin Kishida, Tomisaburō Wakayama
He whips out his sword and relieves his victims of their heads!
The legendary midnight movie sensation, Shogun Assassin, is coming to The Frida Cinema thanks to our good friends over at that See It On 16mm!
Following the murder of his wife at the hands of an evil shogun, an avenging ronin (Tomisaburo Wakayama) roams the countryside with his young son, and the boy’s sword-shooting baby carriage, in tow, dispatching ninja assassins with steely resolve in operatically stylized flurries of hallucinatory violence.
With its pulsing synth soundtrack (co-written by Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere & the Raiders) and delirious action set pieces (kinetically edited whirlwinds of flashing blades, spurting blood, and severed limbs) Shogun Assassin proved an instant cult favorite that has bubbled its way up from the underground to the mainstream thanks to its influence on artists ranging from the Wu-Tang Clan to Quentin Tarantino.