Bushido
Man: Seven Deadly Battles (2013/Shout! Factory Blu-ray)
Picture:
B Sound: B Extras: C Film: B+
Toramaru
(Mitsuki Koga) is a traveling warrior in training, he must fight 7
epic battles to complete his training. But before each fight
Toramaru's philosophy is to know his enemy, he must first eat their
favorite foods. As he travels all across the country he must fight
and defeat Japan's most legendary fighters, take their scrolls and
bring them to his master. Toramaru is also a mixed martial arts
master, his quirk seems to be that he must first eat the dishes of
his enemy to gain a better understanding of the style or weapon in
Takanori Tsujimoto's Bushido Man: Seven Deadly Battles (2013).
Along
with good food he faces, kung-fu, sword fighting, stick fighting,
nunchaku fighting, knife fighting, gun fighting and a special/fantasy
weapon fighting. Each fight he learns one aspect from the other
fighter and uses it to defeat them. In the end however, he faces his
own master and must defeat him to complete his training.
This
was a mix of comedy plus real action fighting, so you couldn't take
this film seriously. While the fighting was all real, exciting and
well choreographed, the food left you hungry, wondering does really
eating those foods really help you become a better fighter? After
all, you can't fight on an empty stomach (but don't get into a fight
right after you eat).
The
1080p 1.85 X 1 digital High
Definition image transfer may be limited at times, but part of that
is style choices, while the
DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) 5.1 lossless mix has it moments, but is not
always spectacular, but the combo is fine otherwise. Extras
include Making of Bushido Man.
-
Ricky Chiang
