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 fights for his life against 400 warriors, earning a place in history as the crazy samurai Musashi.
Crazy Samurai Musashi doesn't come without glaring flaws but you really got to praise it for its ambition, a 77-minute long fight scene with no cuts? Yes, you read that right. You're getting some small amount of context in the beginning of the film and then it's on, 400 warriors one by one run towards Musashi only to get sliced down. I will say that the idea of the film is much better than the execution, and after a while the novelty of it has kinda worn off. You're starting to recognize the attack patters, the huge wigs for the ones who're gonna get hit on the head and awful blood effects, so it's starts to drag after some time. Because of the long sequence the actors are genuinely out of breath towards the end, and you can't help but wonder what a nightmare the whole thing must have been to shoot.
I really dig the concept though, and some parts are a lot better than others. Not a film you're likely to rewatch but an interesting one-time experience.
Genre: Action
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