Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Aya Ueto | ... | Azumi | |
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Kenji Kohashi | ... | Hyûga |
Hiroki Narimiya | ... | Ukiha | |
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Takatoshi Kaneko | ... | Amagi |
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Yûma Ishigaki | ... | Nagara |
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Yasuomi Sano | ... | Yura |
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Shinji Suzuki | ... | Awa |
Eita | ... | Hiei | |
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Shôgo Yamaguchi | ... | Komoro |
Shun Oguri | ... | Nachi | |
Joe Odagiri | ... | Bijomaru Mogami | |
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Aya Okamoto | ... | Yae |
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Minoru Matsumoto | ... | Tobizaru |
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Hideo Sakaki | ... | Nagato |
Ken'ichi Endô | ... | Isshin Sajiki |
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 other orphans, to become an assassin. Her name is AZUMI, the ultimate assassin. Written by Anonymous
Not intended to be an accurate reference to feudal Japan, this flick is great fun and worth a watch. The characters have been modeled after some modern-day Anime characters and video game heroes, and the film itself felt like a paradoxic mix between the styles of "Kinji Fukasaku" and "Akira Korosawa" to me. A mix of Japanese pop-culture set in old Japan.
The camera-work was pretty good and the soundtrack fitting. The characters were sufficiently surreal to be unbelievable, but well suited to the genre.
The is a must see!