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  • @jamesbrooking1287
    @jamesbrooking1287 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Apart from being the first Kamen Rider , Hiroshi Fujioka played Segata Sanshiro, the Sega Saturn Spokesman

    • @otaking3582
      @otaking3582 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Head-canon is that Yoshimitsu was slicing up people and cars for not playing Sega Master System

    • @jamcalx
      @jamcalx ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I see you are a friend of Justice as well!

    • @Fuggettabouttitt
      @Fuggettabouttitt ปีที่แล้ว

      People that use the term head Canon scare me 😱

    • @Neyebureturns
      @Neyebureturns ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thanks, I was thinking during all the video “Is that Segata?”

    • @Dinosaurianationazation
      @Dinosaurianationazation ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh shit.

  • @mattshuey1
    @mattshuey1 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    If someone on this earth had to have their tire punctured by a 500 year old samurai it would be Harold. That guy can't catch a break.

  • @PeculiarNotions
    @PeculiarNotions ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Okay that Toshiro Mifune line in your stinger and that "I served in the Pacific, too" line make this movie worth it.

    • @djkangal
      @djkangal ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Word for word that was what I was going to reply.

    • @GoodBadFlicks
      @GoodBadFlicks  ปีที่แล้ว

      :)

  • @wstine79
    @wstine79 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "Well, Greg, it finally happened. The samurai just burned down my shi shed."

    • @travisshallenberger9486
      @travisshallenberger9486 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Now it's a shi shed.
      (Shi can mean death in Japanese. And yes, I had to google it.)

  • @Fulgrim2
    @Fulgrim2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ah Mr.Suki, it’s always a pleasure to see you.

  • @bannedtwice7767
    @bannedtwice7767 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    They could've gotten an interpreter in like a day!!! 😂😂😂

    • @nympseudonym
      @nympseudonym ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But then they'd have to explain all the unfrozen nonsense.

    • @DonaldRilea
      @DonaldRilea ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Indeed, even if the differences between Tokugawa Era Japanese and Modern Japanese are perhaps akin to those between Elizabethan and Modern English. Both sets are mutually intelligible, but with enough differences between them that there'd be difficulties in understanding from time to time.

    • @PlutoniumBoss
      @PlutoniumBoss ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "Why don't they just get an interpreter?"
      "So the movie can happen!"

    • @DonaldRilea
      @DonaldRilea ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@PlutoniumBoss That, and bad writing!

    • @boboboy8189
      @boboboy8189 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@DonaldRilea "bad writing is part of the charms"

  • @tskmaster3837
    @tskmaster3837 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "OK, now I'm just being silly."
    But silly in a good way. Nah, a great way.

  • @diatomos8
    @diatomos8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Even with all the humor, the tragic story still got to me and I find myself tearing up.

    • @godmaentertainment4375
      @godmaentertainment4375 ปีที่แล้ว

      very good actors

    • @BucksOutdoors
      @BucksOutdoors ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh dude, right here too. I was hoping they'd smuggle him back to Japan and release him into the wild or something. But what we got was just...nup too soon...excuse me.

  • @JoseJoseC626
    @JoseJoseC626 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I like how it all comes full circle. Fujiyoka did a full movie as his original Kamen Rider character in 2016 and his allies for the movie were the cast of that current season. Kamen Rider Ghost.

  • @harr77
    @harr77 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Maybe not Liberty but Farmers we've seen a few things.

  • @GarrettCRW
    @GarrettCRW ปีที่แล้ว +19

    It's kind of wild that J. Larry Carroll went from this almost immediately into his decade of writing for cartoons before moving into live action TV shows like Star Trek: The Next Generation and Diagnosis Murder. That's a WEIRD career arc.

    • @Madbandit77
      @Madbandit77 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Not really. Some TV writers have gotten their start writing for animated TV, pre-Simpsons. Chuck Lorre, Paul Haggis, Mark Scott Zicree and the late Sam Simon (he worked at Filmation and HATED the experience).
      Ron Friedman did the opposite after working on stuff produced by Norman Lear, Garry Marshall, Aaron Spelling and Glen Larson and brought quality to stuff like G.I. Joe and Transformers.

  • @SirAsdf
    @SirAsdf ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nice of them to do the Unfrozen Caveman story with something other than a caveman or giant monster this time.

    • @boboboy8189
      @boboboy8189 ปีที่แล้ว

      you forgot about captain America also got frozen

  • @prince-solomon
    @prince-solomon ปีที่แล้ว +5

    5:17 hahaha your jokes are fantastic as usual. man, love your humor!

    • @GoodBadFlicks
      @GoodBadFlicks  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! Glad you like it :)

  • @AyaC
    @AyaC ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Fujioka actually voiced Ryo's father in the 1st Shenmue game. Fujioka is like the Japanese Chuck Norris but more bad ass and very friendly. He is also a real life martial arts expert and his movie and TV career is amazing playing a hard boiled detective, a cyborg riding super hero and the champion of the Sega Saturn. You should see his commmericals on youtube, it is both fun and bad ass for someone in his 70s. His eldest son Maido also played as the son of Segata Sanshiro for Sega and Kamen Rider Ichigo in a short role in Kamen Rider Beyond Generations Movie.

  • @TheBestComicKing
    @TheBestComicKing ปีที่แล้ว +3

    No wonder why that samurai looked so familiar. As a kid I was obsessed with the original Kamen Rider, thanks to my aunt from over seas sending vhs tapes. I got to check this movie out now.

  • @shawnthompson5166
    @shawnthompson5166 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Another masterpiece overlooked by the academy

  • @cdtcobra
    @cdtcobra ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ghost Warrior also benefits from one of Richard Band's most beautiful scores.

  • @korbell1089
    @korbell1089 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The plot is almost just like the 1978 book "The Far Arena" about a Roman Gladiator frozen in ice.😀

  • @Scatscar1985
    @Scatscar1985 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    J. Larry Carroll deserves credit for working with Charles Band AND Gerry Anderson. (Carroll and his partner Bennett Karren wrote for Anderson's "Space Precinct" and "Captain Planet and the Pllaneteers").

  • @jjenk911
    @jjenk911 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bushido Blade. A classic.
    You call Farmers for Samurai insurance, Cecil! Everyone knows that.

  • @Kaiyanwang82
    @Kaiyanwang82 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The actors made it believable, way more than the average for this kind of movies you discuss.

  • @scottmcfadyen293
    @scottmcfadyen293 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That ending that wasn't an ending really got me ! glad these old studios tried something different. the opening reminded me of the Shaw Brothers productions.

  • @BigBubbaloola
    @BigBubbaloola ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Bifurcated......ooooh that's a big word"
    I properly laughed at that. You just keep getting better and better with each video man! Thank you.

  • @otaking3582
    @otaking3582 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I can't blame this lady too much, since I'm an otaku/Japanophile that also can't speak Japanese. The difference is that reading artifacts in Japanese isn't literally my job.

    • @boboboy8189
      @boboboy8189 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i understand what japanese said but can't speak anything japanese

  • @jules-yi8rn
    @jules-yi8rn ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Say what you will...these 80's movies delivered on every level.

  • @chrisberatis2612
    @chrisberatis2612 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Excellent movie review Cecil I love The Ghost Warrior it’s such a criminally underrated movie from Empire Pictures. Hiroshi Fujioka is terrific in this movie as the main protagonist.

  • @notahotshot
    @notahotshot ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "which looks suspiciously like ..."

  • @CountryBwoy
    @CountryBwoy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:10 That big ass ink stain on the security dude's shirt. LOL.

  • @rjspires
    @rjspires ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've saw this way back in the '90's when my dad got a load of old Betamax tapes. Now I want to see it again.

  • @Ivan-pg9uu
    @Ivan-pg9uu ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Really makes my day when I see you have released a video. I know I'm gonna laugh and get a break from the craziness. Thanks Cecil!

  • @MultiBalto123
    @MultiBalto123 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i love bushido blade, i want a remake.

    • @GG-ou7it
      @GG-ou7it ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That will be 79.99 with 4.99 for 5 additional shuriken and preorder now for a kitsune skin.
      Also we are aware of some technical difficulties with the pc port which we aim to fix within 12 months, Thankyou for your money.

    • @quintessenceSL
      @quintessenceSL ปีที่แล้ว

      The thought of a VR release makes me squee with joy
      And would result in a very broken room.

  • @mikeisernie
    @mikeisernie ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This movie sounds awesome! How did I never see this?

  • @SkipTerrio
    @SkipTerrio ปีที่แล้ว

    That building isn't a water reclamation plant, it's the headquarters of a mortgage company (although that building has housed many companies over the years). It has served as a futuristic exterior for many, many productions, notably as the "San Angeles Police Department" in "Demolition Man," (when it was GTE's headquarters) and more recently as a science lab on "The Orville".
    It's located at 1 Baxter Way in Thousand Oaks, CA.

  • @shinx115
    @shinx115 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Was hoping to see a Segata Sanshiro mention. Fujioka is awesome. He also had a new Kamen Rider movie a few years ago that was great. He's been in some weird stuff like "Kani Goalkeeper" about a giant crab that plays soccer.

  • @FreejackVesa
    @FreejackVesa ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had a 1979 Plymouth Reliant with a genuine all steel driver-kill flange on the back of the drivers seat. They don't make cars like they used to. 😢

  • @viljamtheninja
    @viljamtheninja ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Lmao, that Toshiro Mifune bit.

  • @613harbinger316
    @613harbinger316 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw this on TV when I was a kid! I distinctly remember the samurai taking out that car tire. For some reason I thought it would explode, lol.

  • @deandappersmith8137
    @deandappersmith8137 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I learned a new word today--thanks Cecil for 6:09.

  • @briang9581
    @briang9581 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sometimes you want an unqualified person so you can easily control, dismiss or blame them.

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena ปีที่แล้ว

    I only saw this once back then because there were so many titles and I never had the chance to see it again. Now I'll look for it and watch it again

  • @BucksOutdoors
    @BucksOutdoors ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Heya Mr GoodBad. I just wanted to say thank you so much for making me aware of this film as I’d never heard of Encino Man with a Samurai Sword before. I stopped watching this a few minutes in because something within my very soul said "nah, I need to see this" and went and got it off Uncle Torrence. I watched it last night drunk because that’s what I do on a Friday night before coming back and watching this video in full. I genuinely enjoyed the shit out of this film but did not expect (or want) that grim ending. Maybe I wanted them to smuggle him back to Japan and release him into the wild or something. Thanks buddy I owe you, big time.

    • @GoodBadFlicks
      @GoodBadFlicks  ปีที่แล้ว

      You are very welcome! Glad you enjoyed the movie, it really is quite entertaining. :)

  • @kungfew1396
    @kungfew1396 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember renting this as a kid and I enjoyed it!
    It was a very interesting fish out of water story for its time.

  • @JoeDredd2012
    @JoeDredd2012 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've herd of this film but never got around to ever watching it maybe I will someday? Another funny installment Cecil👍👍

  • @scarecrowman411
    @scarecrowman411 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The California Institute for Cryosurgical Research would later become the home of the San Angeles police department.

  • @aerosnail
    @aerosnail ปีที่แล้ว

    In Portugal, it was called "O Samurai que veio do frio", literally The Samurai That Came from the Cold... I had this in VHS when I was growing up.

  • @jeffersonderrickson5371
    @jeffersonderrickson5371 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    SEGATA SANSHIRO!

  • @BillyMuir
    @BillyMuir ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Awesome work as per usual, Cecil! As much as I love an exploring episode, I do love an old school GBF. Just need some more Ciro Santiago now haha

  • @haf2C
    @haf2C ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been watching your vids for quite some time now and really enjoyed this one. It had me laughing out loud. Your writing and timing are comedy gold! Keep up the good work!

  • @gregoryjohnson9733
    @gregoryjohnson9733 ปีที่แล้ว

    8:10 That shirt slice was a nice effect.

  • @Sandfire18
    @Sandfire18 ปีที่แล้ว

    The building I believe is the Baxter building in Westlake Village, CA. It's been used in movies many times.

  • @NinjaRed5000
    @NinjaRed5000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Holy shit I'd never thought I'd see Hiroshi Fujioka, THE Kamen Rider, in an American movie!

  • @rudolpholaspari6039
    @rudolpholaspari6039 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Been watching you for a while. Love your series man, truly!

    • @GoodBadFlicks
      @GoodBadFlicks  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for sticking around! :)

  • @chrislaw5362
    @chrislaw5362 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't get to watch these films, but thankfully you do a great review of them. You do a great review and it must take some time to edit and do these videos, so a special thank you.

  • @alexzapf6422
    @alexzapf6422 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yoshi as a samurai would be epic.

  • @antifableach
    @antifableach ปีที่แล้ว

    Bushido Blade was a great concept for a fighting game.

  • @gaz-a-reno8891
    @gaz-a-reno8891 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I knew this film as SWORDKILL. Still is a weird choice for a title. GHOST WARRIOR is perhaps more fitting! I’m so glad that you finally got round to doing this film. It’s so underrated. Maybe could be considered (excuse the pun) ahead of it time?! Taking something from a different time. Like a Soldier. A Ninja. Or indeed a Samurai, and see what would happen?! Is a really interesting concept! Probably why it was an oddity back then? 🤔. The cinematography for ancient Japan at the beginning is beautifully shot! It has some influences of YOJIMBO about it. In certain shots. One of my favourite Ninja type of 80’s movies! Great stuff! 😊👍

  • @shoutingstone
    @shoutingstone ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw this as Swordkill and had totally forgotten about it until now. I do love that wave of nostalgia I get when that happens. Thank you!

  • @weslittlereptilefamily3418
    @weslittlereptilefamily3418 ปีที่แล้ว

    So thankful for the regular content

  • @WeaselFromNorth
    @WeaselFromNorth ปีที่แล้ว

    Man, I watched this movie when I was a child and I almost completely forgot about. All I remember is a samurai fighting some thugs and wandering around. Cecil, thank you so much for all those lost flicks

  • @Scamdar
    @Scamdar ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for another awesome episode!

  • @LordNifty
    @LordNifty ปีที่แล้ว +3

    After that reference at the end, I'm wondering if you are interested in reviewing "Assault of the Killer Bimbos".

    • @GoodBadFlicks
      @GoodBadFlicks  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've been working on that one for a little bit. Interesting history for a silly film. It was also wholesale ripped off by a much larger film.

    • @LordNifty
      @LordNifty ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@GoodBadFlicks Are you referring to Thelma and Louise? That is what I was thinking of when I saw the trailer for "Assault of the Killer Bimbos".

  • @JM.Bengtsson
    @JM.Bengtsson ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this movie. Saw it a lot as a kid

  • @euansmith3699
    @euansmith3699 ปีที่แล้ว

    Willie, "No hard feelings..." 😄😄😄

  • @amstel5468
    @amstel5468 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Only a special channel can make Mondays a good day 👌

  • @thebigone6071
    @thebigone6071 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video was a welcome break from my otherwise desperate and miserable existence!!! You’re the best Cecil!!!!!!

  • @zwordsman
    @zwordsman ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ohhh bushido blade. such a good game.

  • @Normworldhero
    @Normworldhero ปีที่แล้ว

    Aw man, I loved Bushido Blade!

  • @zachcouch8654
    @zachcouch8654 ปีที่แล้ว

    6:06
    I love 80's bad guys.

  • @AllBreaksLoose
    @AllBreaksLoose ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the "I kill" guy clip. I missed that.

  • @Omnicrom
    @Omnicrom ปีที่แล้ว

    I did a full on spittake when you named the guy playing yoshimitsu, holy crap was that a get.

  • @eVanDiesel
    @eVanDiesel ปีที่แล้ว

    Bushido Blade was fun to break a guy's leg then run all the way to the other side of the level and watch him slowly drag himself over to you.

  • @lowtechredneck6704
    @lowtechredneck6704 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wasn't expecting the Shenmue connection.

  • @zetetick395
    @zetetick395 ปีที่แล้ว

    This movie is on YT - Watched it a coupla years back, it was a pretty good fun flick

  • @charliemurphy6457
    @charliemurphy6457 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember renting this decades ago lol

  • @TheStrykerProject
    @TheStrykerProject ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok...now I just have to watch this for the W.A.S.P. (Dungeonmaster) segment! 😆

  • @ItsMrAssholeToYou
    @ItsMrAssholeToYou ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love the stepped-up self-awareness, Cecil!

  • @Stampede103
    @Stampede103 ปีที่แล้ว

    That looks sensational! Definitely gonna hunt it down

  • @garyhall7867
    @garyhall7867 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another shout out to Pete. Dig it. Yall need to check his channel out. He needs way more subs

    • @GoodBadFlicks
      @GoodBadFlicks  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He's one of the good guys :)

  • @wimvanderstraeten6521
    @wimvanderstraeten6521 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The premise of this movie reminds me of Iceman (1984).

  • @Axolotl_Mischief
    @Axolotl_Mischief ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh yeah, I gotta see this one...

  • @michaelbedsole970
    @michaelbedsole970 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember seeing this movie.

  • @promiscuous675
    @promiscuous675 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you.

  • @Gauge.-Warington
    @Gauge.-Warington ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I always thought that the girls that were in the movie assault of the killer bimbos was actually the band Bananarama.

  • @JosephDaoud87
    @JosephDaoud87 ปีที่แล้ว

    Encino Man...the sequel of Ghost Warrior

  • @nondjmaster
    @nondjmaster ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The original Kamen Rider's in it? Sweet.

  • @littlemiss_76
    @littlemiss_76 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    With the name I expected a ghost samurai

  • @bgsam8109
    @bgsam8109 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video

  • @HayabusaTaichou
    @HayabusaTaichou ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Holy shit it's Fujioka.

  • @NewEnglandOtaku
    @NewEnglandOtaku ปีที่แล้ว

    In the last few seconds of the video.. I feel like I saw a discount Jeff Foxworthy

  • @jonathanmulondo9206
    @jonathanmulondo9206 ปีที่แล้ว

    From Rider Kicks to katana swings

  • @astropunch7708
    @astropunch7708 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is basically Japanese Captain America

  • @godmaentertainment4375
    @godmaentertainment4375 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not the Oscar winner Iceman was, but well above average...charming B+

  • @allright
    @allright ปีที่แล้ว

    259 day's until Christmas, or should I say "Chuckmas"🧔

  • @garyjust.johnson1436
    @garyjust.johnson1436 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watch til the end! Wait for the stinger!

  • @robwalsh9843
    @robwalsh9843 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Still don't get why the Japanese government would be okay with an American researcher just taking custody of a surviving samurai.

    • @boboboy8189
      @boboboy8189 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      because japanese government doesn't have the tech to revived him

  • @AubreyTheKing
    @AubreyTheKing ปีที่แล้ว

    Seems like a fun movie! lol great review man!

  • @christinaluna2055
    @christinaluna2055 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really liked this one an underrated gem the Japanese culture exploded in the 80s due to Shogun the miniseries and The Karate Kid.

  • @brandonpage7087
    @brandonpage7087 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That poster said 100 years ago, so i guess that means this movie takes place in 1652???? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @deadpan80
    @deadpan80 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:14 they scream like a banshees!!

  • @omnius1357
    @omnius1357 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    At least it's not Mitsurugi!