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Crazy Samurai: 400 vs 1

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When a master samurai arrives to duel the disgraced Yoshioka dojo, he walks into an ambush. In the world's first 77-minute, one-take action film sequence, Miyamoto Musashi (Tak Sakaguchi) fights for his life against 400 warriors, earning a place in history as the CRAZY SAMURAI MUSASHI.
Crazy Samurai: 400 vs 1

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Crazy Samurai: 400 vs 1 has a certain brutal effectiveness, but its heavily action-dependent approach makes it difficult to care about what's happening onscreen.

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Steve Rose Guardian 06/30/2021
2/5
Most viewers will tire out long before this Crazy Samurai does. Go to Full Review
Carson Timar Filmotomy 02/12/2022
For those who love samurai action films and dont need a ton of character or story to captivate them, this is probably going to be butter on their bread. Go to Full Review
David G. Hughes electric ghost 06/27/2021
Crazy Samurai is, up until now, the pinnacle of this undesirable and artless trend in single-take action filmmaking. It displays very little authorial shaping of reality. Yet its sui generis excess wore me down and then won me over. Go to Full Review
James Mudge easternKicks.com 03/05/2021
3/5
Mainly for hardcore action fans or filmmakers interested in staging fight scenes and in experimenting with the form, and for them the film is definitely worth catching Go to Full Review
John Serba Decider 03/04/2021
Crazy Samurai is not only boring, but empty too. Go to Full Review
Sean Gilman The Chinese Cinema 03/03/2021
An experimental action film more admirable for its tenacity and the stamina of its star, Tak Sakaguchi, than its choreographic pyrotechnics. Go to Full Review
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Bartley K Sep 4 This is more unrealistic than Star Wars or Star Trek combined and like those two series I enjoyed this also. Musashi puts himself in some of the craziest situations and positions. I'm no Samurai myself (daaah) how long did they rehearse before they shot? If you pay attention in the beginning when the fighting begins, you can see the shadow of the camera man on the ground. Overall I found it entertaining enough to watch. See more Paul P 11/02/2024 So much fun. People watch other people play video games and this is that with as few cuts as possible. Love it. Makes a great drinking game lol See more 09/15/2024 The only reason this is getting half a star is for the ending, that’s literally it. The entire film was just a bunch of idiots spamming the same 3 moves over and over again and Musashi kills them. The sad part is, this film has a place in cinema history now for being the first to do something this ambitious. If you are a Cinephile or just have insane tolerance don’t watch this garbage. Almost no story to speak of also. He also just keeps finding water and food laying around, like everywhere? And when he is tired no one attacks to take advantage of him during a moment of weakness??? THESE ARE NNOT WARRIORS. This movie is unironically a disgrace to my eyeballs and anyone else who has the misfortune of watching this. .5/5 stars, if I could give it a -1 I would. See more Devin C 06/28/2024 Great movie I randomly watched it on tubi and man they literally fight the entire movie. Great samurai techniques no wasted movement in his attacks See more Dan D 04/28/2023 While this movie was terrible, it is the closest I've seen to a live-action video game. It had rest points, similar NPCs in every fight scene that die senselessly, occasional boss fights, weapon upgrades and aimless wandering by the protagonist. Bad movie but a pretty good "video game". See more Tiberius R 02/27/2023 If you're into unique film experiences, this is worth your time. Why they don't play up the monumental skill and endurance of an 80 minute continuous fight scene is beyond me. Kudos to everyone on this project. A fresh perspective on a classic theme! See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis When a master samurai arrives to duel the disgraced Yoshioka dojo, he walks into an ambush. In the world's first 77-minute, one-take action film sequence, Miyamoto Musashi (Tak Sakaguchi) fights for his life against 400 warriors, earning a place in history as the CRAZY SAMURAI MUSASHI.
Director
Yûji Shimomura
Genre
Action, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 12, 2021
Runtime
1h 32m