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2001

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In the near but indefinite future, an unnamed, isolated Asian state has been taken over by an oppressive government that uses a clan of assassins, the Takemikazuchi, to enforce the laws of a brutal regime. The clan's most ferocious fighter is a woman, Princess Yuki, who inherited her cool, concentrated style from her late, .. Read more

Starring	Hideaki Ito, Yumiko Shaku
Director	Shinsuke Sato
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- - 7
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  EXCELLENT
  
  From start to end you will enjoy it, i loved it so much that i bought myself a copy.
  
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- 94105
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - M. A
  - London, England
  - 19 Apr 2005 at 09:36
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- - 0
  - 0
  princess blade
  
  ticks all the boxes, decent storeyline, violent, excellent swordplay and fight scenes. Like many other films in the genre - kept my attention through out
  
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- 830084
- - stokie09
  - 79 reviews
  - Stoke-on-Trent
  - 11 Nov 2009 at 17:11
- - 0
  - 0
  disappointing
  
  I love East Asian martial arts action films - but this disappoined. The story was thinner then thin, and the action was little more than adequate. Not ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 27 Jun 2009 at 15:10
- - 0
  - 0
  Cuts deeper than you would expect
  
  Not a light disposable throw away young girl with sword slaying the bad guys type film. This is dark violent and more thought provoking than you may think. ... read more »
  
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- 542334
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  - Birmingham
  - 19 Mar 2008 at 16:52
- - 0
  - 0
  I was bored by this chick with a sword
  
  Normally the a slim young girl wielding a sword is enough to send me to movie heaven but I found this movie pretty dull.
  
  It lacked the obvious ... read more »
  
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- - Paul Price
  - Torquay
  - 23 Jul 2007 at 12:55
- - 0
  - 0
  Princess Blade
  
  This might have been good, but unfortunately, it wasn't. The plot is fractured, the characters unlikeable and I've seen better fights in the Muppet ... read more »
  
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- - Helen Hail
  - South Wales
  - 22 Jun 2007 at 11:59
- - 0
  - 0
  good story
  
  the kung fu in this film wasnt exciting but it had a good story. . although typical of this genre, i thought this movie had a good ending and some interesting ... read more »
  
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- 175255
- - ericloveshouse
  - brighton
  - 17 Nov 2005 at 14:53
- - 3
  - 2
  dissapointing
  
  some good fight scenes but the low budget really tells and they'd really need to make a trilogy to support the story they have. Acting's not great ... read more »
  
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- - chungking
  - 101 reviews
  - London
  - 18 Sep 2005 at 10:49
- - 0
  - 0
  Rather pointless bit of martial arts nonsense
  
  I had read good things about this film but it really does not live up to the hype, this type of film has been done alot better recently. The action scenes are ... read more »
  
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- - Pinhead
  - Taplow
  - 08 Jun 2005 at 21:08
- - 7
  - 2
  EXCELLENT
  
  From start to end you will enjoy it, i loved it so much that i bought myself a copy.
  
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- - M. A
  - London, England
  - 19 Apr 2005 at 09:36
- - 0
  - 0
  Inventive and stylish martial arts
  
  If you want to see something a little different than the usual Hollywood action rubbish, rent this. The film is set in a slighly dystopian alternate reality ... read more »
  
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- 89725
- - Darryl Sloan
  - Portadown, Northern Ireland
  - 07 Apr 2005 at 15:50
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- - 7
  - 2
  EXCELLENT
  
  From start to end you will enjoy it, i loved it so much that i bought myself a copy.
  
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  - M. A
  - London, England
  - 19 Apr 2005 at 09:36
- - 3
  - 0
  The most exciting samurai sword fighting I've seen.
  
  Princess Blade is quite a good Japanese samurai type movie. Admittedly it was made on a small budget (I would think) and is quite slow in places, the brief and ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - England
  - 09 Jun 2004 at 00:02
- - 3
  - 2
  dissapointing
  
  some good fight scenes but the low budget really tells and they'd really need to make a trilogy to support the story they have. Acting's not great ... read more »
  
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- - chungking
  - 101 reviews
  - London
  - 18 Sep 2005 at 10:49
- - 2
  - 0
  Please Please try it!
  
  dont be but off by its not so great cover, because this film is excellent! i caught it once by accident on skymovies VERY late at night. well....that was it, i ... read more »
  
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- - rory sinclair
  - England
  - 19 Feb 2004 at 04:10
- - 1
  - 0
  Artfully choreographed dark future
  
  A beutifully shot film with excellent performance from the lead actress (only her second film). The fight scenes are short but unusually seem to be tailored to... read more »
  
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- 6953
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - FlyingSquirrel
  - 30 reviews
  - London
  - 03 Jun 2004 at 13:39
- - 1
  - 0
  Impressive!!
  
  Yumiko Shaku is an impresseive female lead. The action is impressive too. It's not non-stop action, but watching Yumiko Shaku look cool compensates for this... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Manchester
  - 09 Oct 2004 at 16:56
- - 1
  - 0
  4 for action, 2 for story
  
  Donnie Yen choreographed the action scenes in this Japanese futuristic meets old school story. I think it has the potential for being a great film only it ... read more »
  
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- - HON LAM
  - a bamboo forest on the run from some vicious ninjas
  - 10 Jan 2005 at 11:42
- - 1
  - 0
  Does what it says on the box, not much more.
  
  I did enjoy this film, but it just doesn’t seem to go anywhere. The film notes on the DVD suggest that it is a modern samurai film full of tragedy, but I ... read more »
  
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- - RevEv
  - Nottingham
  - 08 Feb 2005 at 13:07
- - 0
  - 0
  Inventive and stylish martial arts
  
  If you want to see something a little different than the usual Hollywood action rubbish, rent this. The film is set in a slighly dystopian alternate reality ... read more »
  
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- 89725
- - Darryl Sloan
  - Portadown, Northern Ireland
  - 07 Apr 2005 at 15:50
- - 0
  - 0
  Rather pointless bit of martial arts nonsense
  
  I had read good things about this film but it really does not live up to the hype, this type of film has been done alot better recently. The action scenes are ... read more »
  
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- 112275
- - Pinhead
  - Taplow
  - 08 Jun 2005 at 21:08

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  In the near but indefinite future, an unnamed, isolated Asian state has been taken over by an oppressive government that uses a clan of assassins, the Takemikazuchi, to enforce the laws of a brutal regime. The clan's most ferocious fighter is a woman, Princess Yuki, who inherited her cool, ...