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Title: Blade of the Immortal (2017)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Takuya Kimura | ... | Manji | |
| Hana Sugisaki | ... | Rin Asano / Machi, Manji's sister | |
| Sôta Fukushi | ... | Anotsu Kagehisa | |
| Hayato Ichihara | ... | Shira | |
| Erika Toda | ... | Makie Otono-Tachibana | |
| Kazuki Kitamura | ... | Sabato Kuroi | |
| Chiaki Kuriyama | ... | Hyakurin | |
| Shinnosuke Mitsushima | ... | Taito Magatsu | |
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Ken Kaneko | ||
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Yôko Yamamoto | ... | Yaobikuni |
| Ebizô Ichikawa | ... | Eiku Shizuma | |
| Seizô Fukumoto | |||
| Min Tanaka | ... | Kagimura Habaki | |
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Masayuki Deai | ||
| Tsutomu Yamazaki | ... | Kensui Ibane | |
Cursed with a life of immortality, a samurai is tasked by a young girl to help avenge the death of her father. Based on the manga series by Hiroaki Samura.
Takashi Miike is know for his great directing, and "Blade of the Immortal" once again proves, what this man is capable of when it comes to large-set fight/battle-sequences. The cinematography is breathtaking at parts, i particularly liked the opening, shot in black and white - reminded me of the old works of Akira Kurosawa. If only the narrative part of this movie would be as well-crafted as these fight scenes. Honestly, there are so many flaws in the script, i gave up counting after the 80 minutes-mark of this movie. First: Our protagonist is a totally useless, unsympathetic, whiny little girl, who doesn't work at all in this kind of plot. I understood the idea behind her character (fish out of water etc.), but i couldn't connect with her on a emotional level. She was just not interesting enough (the actress was great by the way, so don't blame her). I mean, you have all these overpowered beings in the plot, but the only "human" character does not serve well enough as a leading figure? That's one hell of a problem. Second: There are way too many situations in the story, where any sort of set-up is missing. Sometimes things happen without any proper explanation. Characters change their mind without any reasoning behind it. Thirdly: The pacing of this movie is totally off. It felt like i was watching Ben Hur at times. Maybe the removal of some fight scenes, would have been a good solution for this problem. Last but not least, there is just so much unused potential. Yeah i know, this movie wants to be like a fun action-trashfest, but you really could have told a genuint emotionally touching-story with this concept. It lacks some real depth. Although there are some interesting scenes sprinkled throughout the story (some neat interactions between pro- and antagonist; the moral ambiguity of certain characters actions - even the character-conflict of Manji). Still, if you want to see a good student-mentor-story even with pretty similar characters, than go and watch "Logan". It may not have that well-crafted fight scenes, but there for more heart and a better screenplay. "Blade of the Immortal" has a breath-taking opening-sequence, some interesting story-bits and twists and a astounding cinematography, but it lacks real emotions, neither does the screenplay live up to the potential of the basic concept. The actors are good, the soundtrack is catchy and you can have fun with this movie over all, but don't expect one of the great works Miike has accomplished over the years.