Red Sun

Red Sun (Soleil Rouge) (1971)

Runtime: 111 minutes

Directed by: Terence Young

Starring: The incredible duo of Charles Bronson and Toshiro Mifune; there's also Ursula Andress, Alain Delon, and Capucine

From: Several different European countries

Charles Bronson and Toshiro Mifune starring in a movie together? Yes please! I talk all about it below via what I copied and pasted from Letterboxd: 

This was another movie this month that I watched on Turner Classic Movies. To me this is something well worth watching. It's directed by Terence Young and features the likes of Ursula Andress, Capucine, Alain Deleon, Anthony Dawson and Luc Merenda. Plus, Maurice Jarre did the Spaghetti Western score to this Spaghetti Western film... and oh yeah, the two stars comprise what has to be one of the manliest duos-and certainly one of the most awesome duos-in cinematic history, as they are Charles Bronson and Toshiro Mifine.

The film is about a gang that Bronson is in which holds up a train which just happens to be carrying a ceremonial sword destined for President Grant. The gang turns against Bronson so he and Mifune form a relationship after initially not trusting each other; they are forced to team up, you see. Yeah, the movie Shanghai Noon wasn't all that original with its plot. Oh, and Andress is eventually unwittingly dragged along too. In addition, Bronson's character is Link, but he isn't looking for the Triforce and he isn't going after Ganon.

To me, this ends up being as awesome as it sounded on paper. The action scenes are entertaining, the scenic Spanish views are nice, and while improbable at times it is just a lot of fun to watch. Thankfully the two stars are made out to be equal and at times Old Toshiro is shown to be superior; plus, there's such wackiness as Bronson eating sushi and other stereotypical Japanese food, and Mifune using his samurai weapons against such people as bandits and Comanche Indians. That helps make this stand out from the typical Western; it certainly is a standard one, right down to the casual racial stereotypes and the misogyny. As that's what I expected going in, I ignored those problematic things and overall this is a pretty cool Western well worth seeing.