Goyôkiba: Oni no Hanzô yawahada koban

Shintarô Katsu, best known for the Zatôichi films, again stars in this third and final movie in the Kenji Misumi (mostly known for "Lone Wolf and Cub), directed saga of Hanzo 'The Razor' Itami feature the big dicked one battling ninjas, rapeing 'ghosts', and uncovering shady goings on at the Shogunate treasury. The Hanzo 'plot' was kinda getting stale and repetitive. What was once novel in the first film, was not any longer. Fortunately, this one was better then the second thanks to having more humor. I'm just glad that they choose to stop at the one trilogy (I'm looking at YOU Lucas)

My Grade: B

DVD Extras: Merely Trailers for all 3 Hanzo the Razor films

Eye Candy: Aoi Nakajima unleashes both tits, Mako Midori just her left one

Shintarô Katsu, who played the blind swordsman "Zatoichi" in a total of 27 movies, ends the Hanzo trilogy with this excellent film in which he gets to make love to a ghost, Mako Midori (Blind Beast).

The big stick, used often in the pursuit of justice, is retired forever.

Katsu was his usual impudent self as he pursued those who would steal from the treasury to lend at usurious amounts to those who could not afford to pay.

The usual amazing swordplay and skill of the big guy was present, along with the blood.

I'm going to miss him.

The first two were fun in an almost campy way. What Hanzo does with his anatomical weapon - both in its development and deployment - is quite unique in the film annals from ANY country. His loyal, yet cowardly aides add a more intentional bit of comic relief from Hanzo's stoic approach women or warfare.

Worst of all, this finale rivals Godfather III for the title of worst sequel dropoff on either side of the Pacific. I'd hoped for him to exit on a high note both morally and aurally, with the latter coming from a satisfied partner. This one ends with a bang that manages to be a whisper.

Hanzo 'The Razor' Itami is a tough, no-nonsense yet pragmatic cop whose integrity and methods often see him at odds with his superiors. Here he "interrogates" a ghost and discovers a high-level plot to steal the Shogunate's gold and loan it to the poor.

If you don't know the Hanzo the Razor films, the plots are random and weird, in a perverse sort of way. This does create a reasonable degree of comedy though. The action scenes are good and generally make up for the unfocused plot.

All this made the first Hanzo movie - Sword of Justice - reasonably entertaining. The second movie - The Snare - largely followed the same template, leaving it less interesting.

Unfortunately, this, the third movie, also follows that template. The plot largely involves government corruption and Hanzo "interrogating" women with his large member (that he trains!) plus the occasional action scene. All been done before, making this movie quite formulaic and predictable.

As much as I have enjoyed the Hanzo the Razor movies, three is definitely enough: 'Who's Got The Gold?', the final adventure for the Japanese lawman with the impressive package, is a fairly enjoyable piece of Pinku cinema, but offers little new in terms of ideas whilst taking a big step backwards as far as outrageousness is concerned.

The film opens with the appearance of a female ghost, and looks as though it is going to explore supernatural territory, something which might have taken the series in an interesting new direction; unfortunately, after the spook turns out to be nothing but a Scooby Doo-style ruse (cooked up by a corrupt treasury official keen to keep people away from the lake where he is hiding stolen gold), director Yoshio Inoue is content to recycle familiar elements from the first two films, the result being a rather stale affair.

Once again, Hanzo heads an investigation that requires him to interrogate women through the use of his mighty penis, slice up his enemies, and abuse his superiors. On the way, we get wild orgies, good-natured rape (Hanzo forces himself on women who wind up appreciating his willfulness), and bloody sword-fights.

If you've already seen and appreciated the first two films, you might as well watch this instalment to complete the set, but be warned, this is probably the least satisfying one of them all.

6.5 out of 10, rounded up to 7 for IMDb.