Ghost Warrior | Blu-ray (Kino Lorber)
RELEASE DATE: 2023
Early next year, Kino Lorber is releasing the Blu-ray for 1984’s Ghost Warrior (aka Swordkill), an inventive fantasy-adventure from cult-movie king Charles Band (Parasite).
Suddenly awake after 400 years of frozen sleep, a valiant samurai warrior struggles to survive the harsh challenges of modern-day Los Angeles. This action-packed tale is the thrilling saga of Yoshi (Hiroshi Fujioka, High Seas Hijack, In the Line of Duty III), a master of Japan’s 16th-century fighting arts who is accidentally frozen in time and miraculously revived in the 1980s. On the run from the institute that ended his sleep of centuries, Yoshi must pit his ancient skills and power against the forces of a violent and confusing world. He has vanquished enemies from a distant time—but can he prevail on the streets of the future? Ghost Warrior co-stars the wonderful Janet Julian (King of New York).
The “unthawed traveler from another time” thing had been done before and revisited again since. Ghost Warrior has a lot in common with Donnie Yen’s Iceman, which was itself a remake of 1989’s Iceman Cometh.
Features:
- NEW! Interview with Special Makeup Effects Artist Robert Short
- NEW! Audio Commentary by Action Film Historian Mike Leeder
- Theatrical Trailer
- Reversible Art and Limited-Edition O-Card Slipcase
- Optional English Subtitles
