Goyôkiba: Oni no Hanzô yawahada koban (1974)

Note Générale:

6,8/10   

Réalisateur:

Yoshio Inoue

Scénaristes:

Takeshi Kanda (story)
Kazuo Koike (comic)

Date de sortie:

9 février 1974 (Japan)

Genre:

Action

Intrigue:

Follow the money. In a time of economic disaster for wage earners, Hanzo discovers a conspiracy among...

Plot Keywords:

Samurai | Ghost | Chambara | Sexploitation | Nudity

Avis des utilisateurs:

"I Want To Make Love To A Ghost Once"

Ensemble

Shintarô Katsu	...	Hanzo 'The Razor' Itami
Kô Nishimura	...	Magohei 'Snake' Ohnishi
Mako Midori	...	Yumi
Mikio Narita	...	Bansaku Tonami
Asao Koike	...	Ishiyama
Etsushi Takahashi	...	Sugino
Daigo Kusano	...	Onibi
Keizô Kani'e	...	Mamushi
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Aoi Nakajima	...	Kato's wife
Hiroshi Nawa	...	Hotta
Kei'ichi Noda
Rokko Toura	...	Kato
Michiko Tsukasa	...	Wife
Akira Yamauchi	...	Takei

Autre(s) titre(s):

Hanzo the Razor: Who's Got the Gold? (USA) (DVD box title)
Haunted Gold
Razor 3: Who's Got the Gold? (USA)

Durée:

USA:84 min

Pays:

Japan

Langue:

Japonais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Australia:MA

Société:

Katsu Production Co. Ltd.

Goofs:

Erreurs factuelles: In the shot with a bamboo spear filled with gold pieces flying into the pond, the flight the spear takes is impossible, as the weight of the gold would have flipped it over.

Guillemet:

Hanzo 'The Razor' Itami: A woman ghost? Interesting. Take me there.
Onibi: To see the ghost? Please, don't make us go back.
Hanzo 'The Razor' Itami: What did she look like?
Onibi: Her face was like…
Mamushi: Yeah, her face…
Hanzo 'The Razor' Itami: I want to make love to a ghost once.
Mamushi: To a ghost?
Onibi: Are you serious?
Hanzo 'The Razor' Itami: A man would like it once.
Onibi: Do you mean it?
[...]

Connexions:

Suite de Goyôkiba: Kamisori Hanzô jigoku zeme (1973)

"I Want To Make Love To A Ghost Once"

Following the brilliant "Goyôkiba" (aka. "Hanzo The Razor - Sword Of Justice", 1972) and its excellent (and even sleazier) sequel "Goyôkiba: Kamisori Hanzô jigoku zeme" (aka. "Razor 2: The Snare", 1973), this "Goyôkiba: Oni no Hanzô yawahada koban" aka. "Razor 3: Who's Got The Gold" is the third, and sadly final installment to the awesome saga about the incorruptible Samurai-constable Hanzo 'The Razor' Ittami (brilliantly played by the great Shintarô Katsu), who fights corruption with his fighting expertise as well as his enormous sexual powers. As a big fan of 70s exploitation cinema made in Nippon, "Sword Of Justice" became an instant favorite of mine, and I was therefore more than eager to find the sequels, and full of anticipation when I finally stumbled over them recently. While this third "Hanzo" film is just not quite as brilliant as its predecessors it is definitely another great piece of cult-cinema that no lover of Japanese exploitation cinema can afford to miss. "Who's Got The Gold" is a bit tamer than the two foregoing Hanzo films, but it is just as brilliantly comical and crudely humorous, and immediately starts out fabulously odd: The film begins, when Hanzo's two assistants see a female ghost when fishing. Having always wanted to sleep with a ghost, Hanzo insists that his assistants lead him to the site of the occurrence... If that is not a promising beginning for an awesome film experience, I don't know what is. Shintaro Katsu, one of my personal favorite actors, is once again brilliant in the role of Hanzo, a role that seems to have been written specifically for him. Katsu IS Hanzo, the obstinate and fearless constable, who hates corruption and deliberately insults his superiors, and whose unique interrogation techniques include raping female suspects. The interrogated women than immediately fall for him, due to his sexual powers and enormous penis, which he trains in a rather grotesque routine ritual. I will not give away more about the plot in "Who's Got The Gold", but I can assure that it is as cool as it sounds. The supporting performances are also very good, and, as in the predecessors, there are plenty of hilariously eccentric characters. This is sadly the last film in the awesomely sleazy 'Hanzo' series. If they had made 20 sequels more, I would have happily watched them all! The entire Hanzo series is brilliant, and while this third part is a bit inferior compared to its predecessors, it is definitely a must-see for all lovers of cult-cinema! Oh how I wish they had made more sequels!