Billed as the first east meets west western, and directed by terence young, red sun is based on a true story from the american wild west of 1870. When outlaw link charles bronson is betrayed by his gang during a train robbery, he is forced by the japanese ambassador to help regain a priceless sword stolen by link’s double crossing partner gauche alain delon. Link and the ambassador’s bodyguard, kuroda toshiro mifune, travel the west in pursuit of gauche, attempting to lure him out by taking his girlfriend ursula andress as hostage. Although kuroda plans to kill gauche straight away, link needs him alive to find the loot from their last robbery. Joined in an uneasy alliance, they have only seven days to find gauche or kuroda must follow his samurai code of honour and die by his own sword. Extras on the set of red sun extract from pour le cinéma director pierre mignot © ina – 1971new interview with steven okazaki original trailer