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Azumi
2003
AZUMI is a young Japanese orphan who is a ruthless trained assassin. It is 19th Century Japan, torn-apart by war. Along with nine others she has been taught deadly martial arts skills by Master Gessai, in the hope that one day they will cold-bloodedly kill the warlords who cause constant unrest in the land. The ten proteges .. Read more
| Starring | Aya Ueto, Shun Oguri, Hiroki Narimiya |
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| Director | Ryuhei Kitamura |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema |
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Azumi
AZUMI is a young Japanese orphan who is a ruthless trained assassin. It is 19th Century Japan, torn-apart by war. Along with nine others she has been taught deadly martial arts skills by Master Gessai, in the hope that one day they will cold-bloodedly kill the warlords who cause constant unrest in the land. The ten proteges must form pairs and fight to the death to leave the five most merciless killers, cold enough to murder their own friends. But are Gessai's motives all that they seem
| Starring | Aya Ueto, Shun Oguri, Hiroki Narimiya |
|---|---|
| Director | Ryuhei Kitamura |
| Studio | OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 3 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Japanese |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 02 Aug 2004 Production year: 2003 |
| Format | DVD |
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Monotonous comic book stuff, with blood gushing slaughter from beginning to end by its frail, bland heroine, who acts like the pop singer she otherwise is.
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21 out of 23 people found this review helpful
The Real Deal
Japanese pop star Aya Ueto is the Azumi in question in this enjoyable romp from the director of 'Versus'.
Azumi is a very interesting and varied movie, and is certainly a lot more pallatable than some of Korean cinema I have seen recently, which tends to fall somewhere inbetween incoherant and jumbled.
Azumi starts as the story of a group of young people, trained for one particular mission - to assasinate the various war-mongering leaders of Japan. It does change course halfway through though, and the jumps in story keep it interesting and fresh. The characters are pure comic book, and there is enough gore to satisfy even the most blood-thirsty viewer.
Azumi is well worth checking out. It's fast paced, impeccably shot, and, in its female lead, it has someone more beautiful and more deadly than Kill Bill's The Bride ever could be. -
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Gripping stuff
I borrowed this to see some of Ryuhei Kitamura's work, as there has been controversy in Japan over the way he handled the latest Godzilla film, it being much more violent and pacier than normal. I was pleasantly surprised by this film though, it moves with a good pace and although violent, it is almost cartoon type of violence, when the blood spurts out it is not as blatant as in Kill Bill. The extras on the DVD are quite good too, there are two features about the making of the film which are almost as long as the film itself.
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