As I mentioned earlier,the original 1958 film to this re-make,is far more superior.This sequel could never match the firsts brilliance.
Having said that,it's still enjoyable and of course,still the same story.There are a few updates,notably giving Princess Yuki's character more feeling,and of course,she's a warm,decent human being.
The princess' samurai bodyguard I thought,is a bit of a tosser to start with.He acts cruelly towards the two peasant characters,and is a bully:However,as the film progresses,he does change(on the princess' command)and is one of the good guys.I still thought the late Toshiro Mifune,played the character much more humanely and far more better.
The two peasant characters are still greedy,but the writers I thought,did a good job on one of them,making him to go back to rescue the princess when she's captured by the bad guys.In the original,the two peasants there,looked after their own skins and even tried to cash in on a reward for informing on the princess' party!
Anyway,it's also a film where I saw a lot of tied up women,including Princess Yuki.She's shown tied up when the main baddie starts to tell her what he has in store for her,and the gorgeous Japanese actress,Masami Nagasawa,appears tied up pretty tightly.Alas,no pictures found of that,and certainly none I've found of the other girls.This is from a scene where the bad guys are invading a village,and searching for the princess.They tie up a lot of girls,and there are plenty of pretty ones too.Seeing a very pretty Oriental girl bound and gagged,is a huge favourite of mine.Sadly,there are no gags for the girls here.
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Still,a good samurai action film,and one I'll keep in my collection.
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