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Soleil rouge (1971)

Western, Drama, Action | France, Italy, Spain

Director: Terence Young

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17/05/2023

Rating: 6.8/10

User rating: 9.2/10
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SYNOPSIS

The Japanese ambassador is traveling through the Wild West by train, when gangsters hold up the train, to rob a gold shipment. They also carry an ancient Japanese sword the ambassador was carrying as a present for the US president. The ambassador's bodyguard (Toshiro Mifune) will go after them, with the aid of one of the gang's leaders betrayed by his pals...

Actors

Writer: Laird Koenig, Denne Bart Petitclerc

Producer: Alfonso Balcázar, Robert Dorfmann

RUNTIME: 112 min

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