GreenCloudCLF
07-11-2005, 04:51 AM
I picked up the Japanese movie Azumi while in DC for Wong's tournament. Wanted to give you all a quick review, for those who haven't seen it.
Directed by:Ryuhei Kitamura
Starring: Aya Ueto
This movie is based on the Japanese Manga comic. It is the story of a girl who is trained as ana$$assin with her 9 training brothers. In the opening the training brother are all paired off with those they are the closest to and forced to kill their partner. The remaining 5a$$assins go with their master to attempt to bring peace to Japan bya$$assinating Lords of 3 clans. There are ninjas (one that has a monkey-face), a sadistic eunich (at least that's what we'd call him in a Chinese movie).
There is all the blood spraying effects you need in a nice samurai movie.
The final fight scene where Azumi fights an entire village is badd-@$$. The action scenes throughout the films are well-coreographed and well-filmed. In part of the final fight (between Azumi and the Eunich) the camera circles several times, head-to-toe instead of front -to-back. It is cool the first 3 times, but the it gets a bit dizzying.
I highly recommend this flick to those who haven't seen it.
**** out of *****
Directed by:Ryuhei Kitamura
Starring: Aya Ueto
This movie is based on the Japanese Manga comic. It is the story of a girl who is trained as ana$$assin with her 9 training brothers. In the opening the training brother are all paired off with those they are the closest to and forced to kill their partner. The remaining 5a$$assins go with their master to attempt to bring peace to Japan bya$$assinating Lords of 3 clans. There are ninjas (one that has a monkey-face), a sadistic eunich (at least that's what we'd call him in a Chinese movie).
There is all the blood spraying effects you need in a nice samurai movie.
The final fight scene where Azumi fights an entire village is badd-@$$. The action scenes throughout the films are well-coreographed and well-filmed. In part of the final fight (between Azumi and the Eunich) the camera circles several times, head-to-toe instead of front -to-back. It is cool the first 3 times, but the it gets a bit dizzying.
I highly recommend this flick to those who haven't seen it.
**** out of *****