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holyoutlaw came over last night with the DVD of Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance, and we ordered a large Agog from Pagliacci and sat back to watch the carnage. I can see that the image of a samurai pushing a pram has a built in frisson. The bit where he has to have sex with the prostitute to save her life was a masterstroke of something or another. Not wish-fulfillment exactly -- or perhaps it is that exactly, but it's so odd and unexpected. I mean, did Clint Eastwood ever have to do that? The movie is full of odd little details like that, amidst the more formulaic business of vengeance and limb-lopping. I enjoyed it. And I immediately started thinking about which exploitation samurai film I should shower on Luke in return. I'm thinking Samurai Reincarnation, which features a Yagyu in a different role. (The Yagyu Clan are the bad guys in Lone Wolf and Cub.)

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I'll certainly keep an eye out for it. I'm somewhat aware of race movies only because Edgar Ulmer made a few of them, including Moon over Harlem, which is available on DVD, and at least one Yiddish film, Grine Felder.

I saw Barbershop when my nephew played it for me, but I didn't spot the Cosby cameo. Was he wearing an Eddie Murphy bodysuit?

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