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Hank, a loveable dog with a head full of dreams about becoming a samurai, sets off in search of his destiny.Hank, a loveable dog with a head full of dreams about becoming a samurai, sets off in search of his destiny.Hank, a loveable dog with a head full of dreams about becoming a samurai, sets off in search of his destiny.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Michael Cera
- Hank
- (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson
- Jimbo
- (voice)
Ricky Gervais
- Ika Chu
- (voice)
Kylie Kuioka
- Emiko
- (voice)
Mel Brooks
- The Shogun
- (voice)
George Takei
- Ohga
- (voice)
Gabriel Iglesias
- Chuck
- (voice)
Aasif Mandvi
- Ichiro
- (voice)
Djimon Hounsou
- Sumo
- (voice)
Michelle Yeoh
- Yuki
- (voice)
Cathy Shim
- Little Mama
- (voice)
Kirk Baily
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
Steve Blum
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
David Chen
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
Miles Clark
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis movie was first announced as a remake of Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles, and was originally titled "Blazing Samurai". The writers of the original film recieved "screenplay by" credits, as the film lifts the plot and various jokes from Blazing Saddles and puts a more family-friendly spin on them.
- Crazy credits(opening credits) In association with a bunch of other guys too numerous to mention...
- Alternate versionsThe US theatrical and the UK Sky Cinema cuts differ in roughly five minutes. Most of this is allegedly attributed to the US version running at a lower frame rate, with the only real notable difference being the use of "Gangnam Style" in the UK version and a different song in the US. It's widely theorized that the change was due to being dated, as the peak of the "Gangnam Style" popularity was in the mid 2010s when "Blazing Samurai" was in production. Regardless, the song is still in the US end credits.
- ConnectionsFeatured in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: The Aftermath of the Oscars (2022)
- SoundtracksBlazing Samurai
Written by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner
Performed by Michael K. Lee
Produced by Bear McCreary, Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner
Arranged by August Eriksmoen
Featured review
Kids will adore this film.
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, for all intents and purposes, is a Mel Brooks movie. Not an actual one, written and directed by comedy legend Brooks, but one that emulates Brooks' style, tone, and gags while also referencing Brooks' own movies. To clarify, Brooks himself is involved with Paws of Fury, as the voice of the Shogun, and the movie itself is more or less a reworked version of Blazing Saddles (it was even titled Blazing Samurai at one point in its development), so this is the closest thing you'll get to an actual Mel Brooks film here in 2022. Paws of Fury is a touch clumsy, a bit hacky, and not exactly an animated treat for the eyes. The story is tired and many of the jokes fall flat. All that aside, it's still good for a chuckle or two if not only because Mel Brooks' entire M. O. is to throw a hundred jokes at the wall in the hope 30 of them will stick. So the humor here, in this simple story of a hapless dog, Hank (Michael Cera), being made the protector of a cat village, is literally forced through the lens of Brooks as if every potential guffaw was born of a "What would Mel do?" philosophy. Paws of Fury's bizarre existence and inspired goofiness allows it to eke out a soft victory in the crowded realm of derivative animation. The hero's journey aspect is rote and the meta elements are exhausting but there's a glow behind it all that shines as a reverent beacon for Mel Brooks in what might be the last of this particular type of film. If an outside trip to see a feature-length cartoon is in your near future. Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank is a crass cyclone of jokes and japes that lovingly (also strangely) presents itself as a Mel Brooks movie remake, with Brooks' blessing and participation. This unique quality helps distinguish the project, even though the gags will elicit more eye-rolls than laughs.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- El perro samurái: La leyenda de Kakamucho
- Filming locations
- Montréal, Québec, Canada(Cinesite Montreal)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $17,811,382
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,321,423
- Jul 17, 2022
- Gross worldwide
- $42,439,184
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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