ONE PERCENT WARRIOR: Tak Sakaguchi Unrelents In The Official U.S. Trailer!
Oh, I’m sorry. Did you want more Tak Sakaguchi in your life? Don’t fret! Well Go USA has the official trailer rolling for its release of director Yudai Yamaguchi’s cut throat new action thriller hereby titled One Percent Warrior for its upcoming release on Digital and Blu-Ray beginning March 12, followed by its streaming launch on Hi-YAH! from April 5.
After his devastatingly fast, samurai-style combat approach sets filmmakers against him, a legendary action star (Tak Sakaguchi) films his own movie—on turf claimed by feuding yakuza gangs, including Japan’s deadliest martial arts assassin.
Tak fans and anyone who has become fond of CQC-style action cinema – or more explicity Tak’s WAVE brand of cinematic action these days – will take a liking to Yamaguchi’s new flick. As I iterated in my Fantastic Fest review last year, there’s a subtle psychological nod akin to the likes of David Fincher that makes this film all the more titilating and for that matter more than “just” an action film. But, it’s an action film, and a fine one at that.
One Percent Warrior also stars Kohei Fukuyama, Sho Aoyagi, Rumika Fukuda, and Norihisa Hiranuma, along with Itsuji Itao, Kenjiro Ishimaru, Keisuke Horibe, and Masanori Mimoto, and Jeet Kune Do specialist Togo Ishii, and features pulsating zero-range combat-stylized action by Kensuke Sonomura (Bad City, Hydra).
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