Director: Yugi Shimomura
Notable Cast: Tak Sakaguchi
When Crazy Samurai 400 Vs 1 was originally announced,
under the simplified title of Crazy Samurai Musashi, it was hard not to
be excited. Mainly because cult favorite action icon, Tak, would be stepping
into the shoes of the titular folk hero, Musashi, for the film. Of course, it
would only get more exciting from there as the film was touting that it would
feature a 77-minute, one-take action sequence that would have our badass ‘hero’
fending off 400 foes.
Granted, once a person starts thinking of the logistics of
such a feat, the excitement lends itself to wariness at the audacity of any
film to attempt it. Could any film truly pull off this kind of incredulous
notion? Could they defy the odds and make it work?
Thanks to our friends at Well Go USA, Crazy Samurai 400
Vs 1 is now available on both their streaming platform Hi-Yah! and via
physical media. The results, while ultimately mixed, are worthy of a viewing
just for the curious. At a strangely brisk 92 minutes in total, the 77-minute
action set-piece constitutes over 83% of the film’s entire run time and the
insanity of that statistic is felt on screen.