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- Release Date: 2003
- Runtime: 128 min
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
- Starring: Aya Ueto, Shun Oguri, Hiroki Narimiya, Kenji Kohashi ... see all
- Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
- Plot: In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine... Read more
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| Jul 19, 2006Slant Magazine
his shallow film's heart most assuredly lies not with "romantic" notions of female domesticity.... ... Full Review
TV Guide Entertainment Network,
Gessai, who lost his beloved son on a battlefield fighting the rancorous Toyotomi Allies, recruits 10 young orphans, including the strong, lightning-fast Azumi....VERSUS director Ryuhei Kitamura's adaptation of Azumi , the popular long-running manga series, remains faithful to its highly regarded source with an intelligent script, clever --....visual flourishes, and thrillingly staged fight sequences..... ... Full Review
MTV.com
Azumi and Nachi (Shun Oguri) are the strongest of the fighters.
One of the teens (Takatoshi Kaneko) is poisoned by a ninja's blade, one (Kenji Kohashi) falls in love with a circus performer (Aya Okamoto), and Azumi begins to question her desire to live the violent life of an assassin.
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eFilmCritic.com
If long, fluid sequences of amazingly ass-kicking swordplay;....The plot is a collection of feudal squabbles and Shogun Assassins.....expansive and majestic displays of astonishingly exciting carnage;....Azumi is the good guy (gal) and she has a few sidekicks..... ... Full Review
News
Anyone who is a fan of samurai films would definitely love the movie Azumi . This film which was initially released in 2003 has the makings of becoming a samurai classic movie. ... Full Article
Azumi
boxoffice.com –
2008-08-01
Three years after it was made and more than two years after it was originally slated for a U.S. release, the Japanese swordplay adventure "Azumi" is finally getting a deserved, albeit limited, release. ... Full Article
Azumi
moviesonline.ca –
2006-07-28
Based on a popular manga that sold 8 million copies, AZUMI is the story of a bunch of frisky kids, sequestered in the mountains and taught to fight by greybeard, Jiji. ... Full Article
Azumi (2003)
culturevulture.net –
2006-07-27
Japan , a lone figure stands defiantly in front of a procession of several dozen swordsmen accompanying a wicked head of state. The scene is emblematic in hundreds of jidaigeki (Japanese period pictures). ... Full Article
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variety.com –
2006-05-18
Since debuting in the 2001 youth drama "Platonic Sex," Joe Odagiri has soared to stardom in Japan, in a career enviably balanced between critical and B.O. success. ... Full Article
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