Red Sun (1971)
In 1870, Japanese ambassador Sakaguchi and his entourage travel by train to Washington to deliver a valuable sword to the President of the United States, a gift from the Emperor of Japan. On board the same train are two robbers, Link and Gauche, ready to make their move…
- Terence Young
- Joan Davis
- Christian Raoux
- Ricardo Huertas Frutos
- Denne Bart Petitclerc
- William Roberts
- Lawrence Roman
- Laird Koenig
Rating: 6.9/10 by 258 users
Alternative Title:
Rudé slunce - CZ
Verenpunainen aurinko - FI
Soare roşu - RO
The Magnificient Three - PH
Kırmızı güneş - TR
Red Sun ...und 7 Tage spielt der Tod - DE
Μονομαχία στον Κόκκινο Ήλιο - GR
Sole Rosso - IT
Sol Rojo - ES
Red Sun - NL
Samuraj i kowboje - PL
Sol Vermelho - PT
Country:
France
Italy
Spain
Language:
Español
English
日本語
Runtime: 01 hour 54 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: samurai, katana sword, samurai sword, train robbery, far west, asian western
When a train travelling across the United States carrying the newly appointed Japanese Imperial Ambassador is robbed by "Gauche" (Alain Delon) and his gang, they steal a samurai sword that is to be a gift from the Meiji to President Grant. It now falls to the perfectly attired warrior "Jubei" (Toshirô Mifune) to retrieve the weapon and luckily, they have one member of the gang who was accidentally left behind - "Link" (Charles Bronson) - to help. Gradually, the two men (and their cultures) begin to bond and it is soon clear that both men have a grudge against "Gauche". This beef leads them to the brothel of his gal "Cristina" (Ursula Andress) and to a series of frequently quite entertaining combat scenes that allow Mifune to demonstrate his classy - though not always suitable - sword skills and associated flummery. There's quite a fun dynamic between the two principals here, but the film itself is a bit long, slow and it has something of the downbeat spaghetti western to it (Maurice Jarre not Ennio Morricone this time, though). Watchable, Bronson looks like he is enjoying himself, but I'd have to say entirety forgettable fayre with dialogue that is straight out of the "Janet & John" book of third grade screenplay tips.
**A Merging of Western and Samurai Flick** Which weren't too far apart to begin with. A rather good movie too.
