Zero Mostel thinks he's a samurai. The movie thinks it's coherent. Chaos ensues.
Zero Mostel plays an inspector on the trail of criminals who have captured a robot called Chatze(sp?) played by Felix Silas. The inspector has delusions that he is a great Samurai warrior and the movie flashes back and forth between present day and ancient times.
Acting
Zero Mostel commits harder than the script deserves.
Production
Bizarre tonal whiplash between thriller and slapstick.
Director
Alex March
Zero Mostel
Inspector Hoku Ichihara
Keiko Kishi
Nikki Kono
Gawn Grainger
Nigel Crouchback
Bradford Dillman
Jabez Link
Jules Munshin
Israeli Agent #1
Frankie Sakai
Captain Yamada (as Furankî Sakai)
Sorrell Booke
Max Engstorm
Zaldy Zshornack
Officer Abe
Felix Silla
Schatzi
Phil Leeds
Israeli Agent #2
Tetsu Nakamura
Mr. Hiruta (as Satoshi Nakamura)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Zero Mostel's final film role before his death in 1977; he reportedly took it for the paycheck and Japan filming location.
The film was a Japanese-American co-production that satisfied nobody, bombing in both markets and remaining nearly impossible to find for decades.
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