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Based on a manga by Go Nagai, this anachronistic gorefest is set in 1580, when Oda Nobunaga united Japan under what would later become the Tokugawa Shogunate. In Black Lion, Nobunaga attacks his foes with guns, missiles, lasers, bombs--and the "immortal" warrior Ginnai Doma (actually a murderous cyborg). He's pitted against Shishimura (a look-alike for Ryo in Ronin Warriors), who's out to avenge his friends' deaths. On the umpteenth try, he slices Doma in half, which causes the robot's atomic pile to explode. Shishimura and his friends are saved from the blast by an unexplained corps of extraterrestrials. Shishimura proclaims himself "the Black Lion" in an ending that suggests the filmmakers intended to continue his adventures. Viewers willing to overlook the blood and gore will find Black Lion is often unintentionally hilarious. (Rated 15 and older: graphic violence, grotesque imagery, profanity) --Charles Solomon
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