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Released in 1971 and running 112 minutes this is a odd spaghetti western from back in those wacky western days.This may be my favorite of them all manly because of Charles Bronson as Link Stuart and also a off the wall but highly effective casting of Alain Delon Gauche, a.k.a. Gotch Kink and sexy Ursula undress,er Andress as Cristina .But the genius casting of Toshirô Mifune as Kuroda Jubie makes it a different sort of western.The story has been told before but without the samurai warrior aspect.I love the battle in over 6 feet high burning weeds with comanches near the end.I only took 1/2 star off because its after all a spaghetti western.A summary from IMDB is below as well as trailer URL below pix.
The story takes place in Arizona, around 1870. Link and Gotch are two ruthless robbers that attack along with their men at the train which carries the ambassador of Japan over to Washington. During the robbery, Gotch takes a very valuable gold sword, which is a gift from the emperor to the president of the U.S. and tries to kill Link, so that he can take all the money for himself. Now Kuroda (the only survivor of the samurais that escorted the ambassador) and Link must leave their differences aside and work together. They both want to find Gotch, but for different reasons: Kuroda wants to take back the sword, and Link wants the stolen money. All this must be done in seven days, or the samurai will kill Link and himself. Written by Chris Makrozahopoulos <makzax@hotmail.com>
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