Master of Flying Guillotine Part 3

Today’s Episode: The Chase!

At TOAB’s school, TOAB sadly informs his students that he will be closing down the school because of the danger posed to his students by TFG. They beg him to stay open, and as they are discussing the issue, Jap appears in the doorway. But my assumptions from the previous day were wrong; Jap turns out to be a bad guy, and is busy fighting with TOAB’s brother when TFG shows up and everyone scatters. TFG and TOAB fight a little, but TFG has too much advantage with his weapon. At one point the guillotine gets stuck in a post and TOAB tries to break its chain, but he is unable to do so. TOAB finally flees out of a back door.

In the meantime, the governor’s daughter wakes up and discovers she has been taken by the tournament fighter with the black lampshade hat. He claims to have rescued her, although I don’t recall her being in mortal danger at the time he took her (this could be because he is lying or because the poor camerawork didn’t show something about to fall on her). Hat tells her he is going to take her away to train her in his style of fighting; she is uncertain of his real motives and at the moment he leaves, she slips out. While sneaking away, she comes across TOAB, who helps her escape.

They go back to the school and are met there by the Indian with the long arms who, for unexplained reasons, wants to fight TOAB. TOAB has some trouble with the Indian, but eventually wins. He and the girl leave to go to TOAB’s house, where they meet TOAB’s brother. TOAB watches his brother try unsuccessfully to chop some bamboo with a dull and chipped hatchet and comes up with a lousy metaphor and a plan to defeat TFG. But first, he says, they need to get rid of “that foreign killer”.

They lure Jap (who never wears shoes) inside the house, within which they have installed a metal floor with straw stuck underneath it and, while Jap and TOAB fight, his students light fire to the straw, making the metal floor very hot and scalding poor Jap with every step and fall. The fight doesn’t take long, and I’m glad you can’t smell movies, ‘cause all that burning flesh would have made an unpleasant aroma.

As they dispose of Jap’s body, Hat shows up and demands the girl. TOAB refuses and they fight; TOAB eventually wins, but not without some injury.

Tune in next time for the final chapter!!