Beyond the Back Row: The Executioner

Fists flurry and blood flows as legendary cult director Teruo Ishii (Shogun's Joy of Torture, Horrors of Malformed Men) joins forces with martial arts legend Shin'ichi 'Sonny' Chiba in this bone crunching classic karate exploitation from Toei.

Ryuichi Koga (Chiba) is a descendent of the Koga Ninja school, now earning his living through more nefarious means as a gun for hire. When he is enlisted to take down a drug cartel alongside Hayabusa (Makoto Sato), a disgraced former narcotics detective now operating within the criminal underworld, and renegade Aikido master Sakura (Eiji Gō), tensions grow among this three man team of ne'erdowells as each come to question each other's motives.

You may also like the following events from Floralee Hark Cohen Cinema by WVIFF:

• This Friday, 5th September, 07:30 pm, Cloud in Charleston
• This Saturday, 6th September, 07:30 pm, Highest 2 Lowest in Charleston

Also check out other Arts events in Charleston.