Red Sun [Import] | ![Red Sun [Import]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/410E70VEATL._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Terence Young
Actors: Charles Bronson, Ursula Andress, Toshiro Mifune, Alain Delon, Capucine
Studio: Continental
Category: DVD
Buy New: $29.78
Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 122639
Format: Import, Ntsc, Full Screen
Languages: Spanish (Unknown), Portuguese (Unknown), English (Original Language), Portuguese (Subtitled)
Region: 0
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 112 Minutes
EAN: 9788588239401
ASIN: 858823940X
Theatrical Release Date: 1971
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Product Description
In what was billed as "The First East-Meets-West Western," Toshiro Mifune plays Kuroda, a samurai warrior who accompanies a Japanese diplomat to the United States. The diplomat has brought with him a golden, jewel-encrusted sword to present as a token of good will to the president, but as they travel by train through the west, they're ambushed by a pair of outlaws, Gauche (Alain Delon) and Link (Charles Bronson). Gauche and Link steal the sword, but Link leans the hard way about his partner's trustworthiness when Gauche double-crosses him and makes off with the booty. Since both Kuroda and Link have a grudge against Gauche, they warily join forces to track him down and return the sword to its rightful owner. Along the way, they have to deal with cultural conflict, Indian attacks, and encounters with beautiful women (played by Capucine and Ursula Andress). Given its cast and theme, Red Sun was predictably enough a major box office success in Europe and Japan, but it passed through with little notice in the United States.
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 Sound Pitch a little off due to conversion process March 1, 2009
Don (WA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great movie, I have it on VHS but wanted a version that would not wear out. However this copy was a conversion (Probably from PAL format) and the audio pitch is a little off, especially at the beginning.
 This is a pushy movie. September 28, 2006
bernie (Arlington, Texas)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Even though Toshiro Mifune had been around years before, this was my first encounter with him. He plays a good counter personality to Charles Bronson. As I was saying, this is a pushy movie. Each character pushes the other to the brink. Gauche pushes Link who pushes Kuroda Jubie who pushes back and some where in there, among the Indians and others Cristina just gets pushed around.
I always think of this movie when I am watching "The Maltese Falcon" (1941); the conversation between Sam Spade and Kasper Gutman where Sam insists that he can not be influence by the threat of death. If they killed him then they would not get the bird. Kasper says it takes a fine balance and not to push too hard, as there is no telling what a man may do in the heat of the moment and forget where his interests lie.
Well this film has a lot of heated moments and a lot of funny moments when the different cultures clash. This is definitely worth viewing.
The Values We Learn and Embrace September 25, 2006
gobirds2 (New England)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is an interesting and amusing internationally co-produced Western directed loosely by Terence Young. Charles Bronson (outlaw) teams with Toshiro Mifune (samurai warrior) in search of spoils, honor and Alain Delon (gambling con man). Ursula Andress and Capucine provide the major love interests. The highlight of this film is the quixotic relationship between outlaw Bronson and the samurai Mifune, each brandishing their own code of loyalty and honor, as they realize new values from their uneasy partnership. Another highlight is Maurice Jarre's lively score integrating Eastern and Western musical idioms. This is a very entertaining film and which gets its inspiration from the Italian Westerns that were beginning to disappear into the sunset at the time of this film's release.
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