600https://ur.com/SX5hCwo.png Goemon Ishikawas Spray of Blood is the final movie in the Fujiko Mine series though poses itself as a solid standalone film. This is my rewatch of the movie having watched through the Fujiko Mine series so my expectations were obviously already high considering I knew what I was walking into. It comes as no surprise that the production quality of the movie was incredibly high arguably higher than the previous film Jigens Gravestone. Since there was a focus on samurai an incredibly amount of focus was put into the fight choreographyhttps://streamable.com/jkekp and the cinematography generally stuck out and helped to how casual everyone in comparison to Goemon in their attitude towards everything. The OST was quite different from the Fujiko series and the Jigen movie it was still a little jazzy but largely it leaned on a more traditional Japanese soundtrack which fit the Samurai theme well. Goemon is contracted to protect the boss of the Yakuza but due to the incredibly strength of the assassin he faces he fails. As an honour bound Samurai Goemon vows to defeat The Hawk in vengeance for the death of his employer and to gain redemption for his failure. Being that this is a Lupin III movie The Hawk is also contracted to kill Lupin and the gang too though this doesnt feel entirely unnatural as well hes the worlds most wanted thief so its expected that he would have a price on his head. We follow Goemon through his failures and subsequent training to come to an incredibly satisfying and shockingly brutal conclusion. There is a minor complaint to be made about the pacing of the story however as Goemons training overstays its welcome somewhat and borders on absurd at times. This doesnt become too much of a distraction but was still frustrating in breaking the pacing. The pacing issues only hold back Goemon Ishikawas Spray of Blood form becoming a masterpiece it still holds up strongly as an epic actionsamurai flick. Being backed up by exceptional production qualities Goemons movie serves as the perfect fanservice for fans of Goemon giving him long needed focus on his personal Samurai Code.