The Night of the Samurai

After Serbia, France, Russia, Mexico, Hawaii and many more countries and territories which whom our team has to take care of, in the diplomatic, cultural or political way, this is now Japan that it is about here. And which means Japan, means of course samurai, the most emblematic picture of this country, but also the most testosterone like element, which for this kind of series, is more adequate than lotus flower, house of bamboo with geishas galore...But after all, this doesn't prevent that. Unlike the previous episode, which was very unusual for the show, because one hundred percent western, this one gets back in the atmosphere of W W WEST series. Watch out for the lead villain, you'll get a surprise.

This episode, centering around a legendary Samurai sword, was written and directed by a pair of German men, and its trio of guest stars are an equally eclectic group of character actors: Thayer David (in his second series appearance), Khigh Dheigh (Dr. Lo from "The Manchurian Candidate," in one of his several appearances) and Paul Stevens (as a master swordsman, who trained Jim in swordsmanship and that they call "The Dutchman"). Everyone has designs on the strangely magical weapon (which can decapitate victims before they even realize they're dead). But few of these interested parties survive. I rate this installment as a strong 7 out of 10 stars.