Intercutting the footage of the "real" journey with segments from films such as "Shogun Assassin" and "Princess Mononoke" and television programmes "Kung Fu" and "Monkey", Blandy weaves together an idiosyncratic tale of self-discovery which is all the more believable for its shifts into fantasy and personal reverie.
The film has also been released as Shogun Assassin 3: Slashing Blades of Carnage, the second sequel to Shogun Assassin.
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The film has also been released under the name Shogun Assassin 2: Lightning Swords of Death, as a sequel to Shogun Assassin, which was most of the second film, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx and some of the first film, Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance edited together for the US market.
Twelve minutes of footage from Sword of Vengeance was combined with most of the second film in the series, Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx, to make Shogun Assassin, a 1980 film released as an English-language compilation for American audiences.
Coastal Studios went on the dub Shogun Assassin 3: Slashing Blades of Carnage, Shogun Assassin 4: Five Fistfuls Of Gold, Shogun Assassin 5, and Clamp School Detectives.