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Red Sun (1972)

June. 09,1972
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6.8
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PG
| Western

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…

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TinsHeadline
1972/06/09

Touches You

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FeistyUpper
1972/06/10

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

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GazerRise
1972/06/11

Fantastic!

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Limerculer
1972/06/12

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

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coakleykym
1972/06/13

Firstly, I sought out this film, at the time it was released, because I have always admired the beauty of Ursula Andress. Add to this a pretty impressive list of International stars- Mifune, Bronson, Delon , and even the not oft-mentioned Capucine, and even though I am not a fan of Westerns, it would be a fair expectation to expect something fairly special. Wrong! This has some of the ropiest looking Indians that ever appeared in a Western. It's obviously shot in Europe. The cast really has nothing of much interest to do, and you think what a waste of opportunity. One scene where Ursula "stabs" an Indian is so bad that you can actually see the knife is bending.For fans of any of these performers, I would suggest saving your money. For Ursula fans Seek out a movie she made about the same time called "Pefect Friday", where her looks and comic abilities are showcased in a much better way.

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AttyTude0
1972/06/14

I like this film. It's a 1971 spaghetti western, so be prepared to make some allowances. Still, it's worth watching, if only for the incomparable Toshiro Mifune. Gentlemen will be pleased to see Ursula Andress, Capucine, Monica Randall. And who but Delon could look gorgeous even with a gold tooth?Nobody should expect "serious" entertainment from this film, so lighten up and enjoy a bit of light romp.And to whomever said this is "ripe for remake," I say bite your tongue! I can only imagine the revolting, mushy mess today's politically-correct Hollywood would turn it into. Who would replace Bronson? The ineffectual Brad Pitt (ugh!)? And Delon? No, some things are best just not attempted.

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bkoganbing
1972/06/15

Red Sun is the type of film they mean when they talk about international production. American Charles Bronson, Japanese Toshiro Mifune, German Ursula Andress, French Alain Delon, Italian Capucine and for good measure this film was shot on the plains of Spain which did not look like they'd seen much rain by Englishman Terrence Young.The film concerns the train robbery of a gang in which Alain Delon is in charge. The money isn't enough for Delon, the train is carrying some Japanese passengers with a ceremonial samurai sword, a gift from their Emperor to our president. Two of three Japanese are killed, the mistake Delon makes when he decides the sword would make a nice souvenir is that he lives a real live Samurai in Toshiro Mifune alive with a vengeance quest. Delon makes a second mistake in double crossing Charles Bronson and not killing him as well. Bronson is a member of his gang who cuts all ties, but forms an uneasy alliance with Mifune.Mifune wants Delon dead, but Bronson just wants him alive long enough to say where he's hidden the money. Bronson and Mifune go to a bordello run by Capucine to get Ursula Andress, a hooker favored by Delon as a hostage.Red Sun works nicely as a film because of the interesting if antagonistic chemistry between Bronson and Mifune. From an uneasy alliance they develop a genuine regard for each other. As for Delon he has a gentlemanly demeanor that's a very thin veneer for one of the meanest mean streaks ever on the big screen.Fans who are younger will recognize the plot of Red Sun being later used in a modern day feature Renegades with Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips as the uneasy allies with Rob Knepper as the gang leader with a mean streak.I'm not really big on foreign made westerns, but I make an exception in the case of Red Sun.

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Boba_Fett1138
1972/06/16

Without exaggerating, I was absolutely loving this movie for its first half hour or so. After that the movie rapidly started to decline and became less and less refreshing and fun to watch.It all sounds so awesome; having cowboy Charles Bronson and samurai Toshirô Mifune teaming up together in a western. One of the "Seven Samurai" meets one of "The Magnificent Seven". This given thing makes this movie a bit of a must-see and novelty for movie buffs but it at the same time is also really the only interesting and original thing about this movie. Japanese samurai movies were pretty much the eastern equivalent of western westerns, so the idea of the combination of bringing together these two worlds into this one movie really isn't that weird but it's just something that hasn't been done very often, which certainly makes this movie sort of unique.And it also does work very well. Toshirô Mifune is simply doing his own thing and his characters isn't trying to adjust to American culture and costumes. He keeps fighting with his own sword and wears his Japanese robes and even keeps eating his sushi. It worked out well for the movie and for the chemistry with the Charles Bronson character. It's like one of those mismatched duo movies, who have nothing in common and don't like each other very much, that are being forced to work together, due to circumstances.The movie is pretty much being a formulaic and typical spaghetti western, with as a difference that it picks mostly an entertaining approach to things. This can be seen as a pleasant thing but at the same time it's something that only works out well in the movie its first half.It's hard to say where the movie goes wrong. Perhaps the story is simply too thin and formulaic to carry an entire movie, so the movie gets a bit more tiresome to watch during the movie its second half. It's also too bad that the movie felt the need to throw in a female character and love interest. I'm sorry to say but female characters rarely work out in westerns and only are distracting from the story and slow things down, no matter how amazing Ursula Andress is looking in this movie. It's also part of the reason why especially the movie its middle is too slow and far too little interesting is happening in it.More of a novelty than a great movie really.6/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

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