Red Sun (1971) ( Soleil rouge )

Red Sun (1971) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Soleil rouge
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
115 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1971 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Terence Young

Written By:
Laird Koenig
Denne Bart Petitclerc

Actors:
Charles Bronson ..... Link Stuart
Ursula Andress ..... Cristina
Toshirô Mifune ..... Kuroda Jubie
Alain Delon ..... Gauche, a.k.a. Gotch Kink
Capucine ..... Pepita
Bernabe Barta Barri ..... Paco (as Bart Barry)
Guido Lollobrigida ..... Mace (as Lee Burton)
Anthony Dawson ..... Hyatt
Gianni Medici ..... Miguel (as John Hamilton)
Georges Lycan ..... Sheriff Stone (as George W. Lycan)
Luc Merenda ..... Chato (as Luke Merenda)
Tetsu Nakamura ..... Japanese Ambassador (as Satoshi Nakamoura)
Julio Peña ..... Peppie
Mónica Randall ..... Maria

Synopsis:

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.

In what was billed as 'The First East-Meets-West Western,' Toshiro Mifune plays Kuroda, a samurai warrior who accompanies a Japanese diplomat to the United States. The diplomat has brought with him a golden, jewel-encrusted sword to present as a token of good will to the president, but as they travel by train through the west, they're ambushed by a pair of outlaws, Gauche (Alain Delon) and Link (Charles Bronson). Gauche and Link steal the sword, but Link leans the hard way about his partner's trustworthiness when Gauche double-crosses him and makes off with the booty. Since both Kuroda and Link have a grudge against Gauche, they warily join forces to track him down and return the sword to its rightful owner. Along the way, they have to deal with cultural conflict, Indian attacks, and encounters with beautiful women (played by Capucine and Ursula Andress). Given its cast and theme, Red Sun was predictably enough a major box-office success in Europe and Japan, but it passed through with little notice in the United States.

The Japanese ambassador is traveling through the Wild West by train, when gangsters hold up the train, to rob a gold shipment. They also carry an ancient Japanese sword the ambassador was carrying as a present for the US president. The ambassador's bodyguard (Toshiro Mifune) will go after them, with the aid of one of the gang's leaders betrayed by his pals...

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