Fantastic movie. I saw this on late night cinema tv when I was 12 or so. I'm 60 now. One of those late saturday night movies. . and then searched for it for years. . forgetting what it was called. . . I remember the ending was very special. Thank you so much for posting. I would love to see a remake of this. . that'd be something!!
Ending fight scene was ingrained in my memory back when i was little kid watching Saturday afternoon action movies on tv. Never knew where it was from until a year ago.
The brave bounty hunter kept his word of honor with his teacher at last and did not cared for his life, Thanks for sharing the nice movie of Mr. Scott Glen.
This is the true Japanese honor of old that continues today in some families. The true meaning of honor that is lost in some families today. Thank you for sharing.
What a funny coincidence 🙂 I was just thinking about that movie 2 minutes ago and it pops out... Imagine that... I remember when it came out... Excellent movie... Thanks for posting it 👍👍
This was a well done flick considering the low budget. I was surprised to see this come up, the last time I saw this was on a VHS that I had purchased for my collection when it first came out. Tku for the post and flashback.
Now I have found it. The title of this film is The Challenge, which was a 1982 American action film directed by John Frankenheimer and written by John Sayles, Richard Maxwell, and Marc Norman.
A hired courier with no language acquired acts like a gangster talking English in Japan. How can the American learn to use the samurai sword in such a short time ?
The point is that he is thrown into a life changing situation, and learning while being in a different culture, unlike his own boxing background. Also, he was a sparring partner, doing it as a job, not as a career like Rocky Balboa. If you really notice some of his movements though, it’s a combination of boxing style when he uses it and also that which he learns from a samurai warrior. It’s the best of both cultures for the ended fight scene which I did happen to notice in this.
