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Blade of the Immortal

Mugen no jûnin (Blade of the Immortal)

2017

Takashi Miike

Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, Sôta Fukushi, Erika Toda ...

5.8

2,575

Action A young girl enlists an immortal warrior for help to avenge her parents' slaughter at the hand of a group of bandits.

	Media	Author	Review
		Maggie Lee Variety	"[It] transcends conventions of Japanese swordplay films with both fantasy and graphic violence."
		Harry Windsor The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] shows Miike to have lost none of the madcap energy and wit that characterize his best work (...) Miike’s facility for the sharply sketched portrait, in between bouts of bladed mayhem, remains as shrewd as ever."
		Jordan Hoffman The Guardian	"It is undeniably gross, but also a lot of fun (...) If you are going to see one outlandish and occasionally nauseating bloodbath samurai pic this year, this is the one (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Ben Croll IndieWire	"Still, for all the great action and idiosyncratic antagonists (...) 'Blade of the Immortal' is altogether too much. Even at two hours, the film would feel awfully repetitive"
		Lee Marshall Screendaily	"It’s the lack of development of Rin’s character (...) combined with a story lull around an hour in, that’s responsible for a mid-term weakening in the audience grip (...) It’s the bravura fight sequences (...) where Miike is on fine form"
		Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"[Miike] has lost none of his craftsman’s skill, as evidenced in every frame of this gorgeous, epic tale of endless carnage (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Noel Murray Los Angeles Times	"Miike has covered this territory before (...) It’s a little less funky and a little more repetitive (...) But Miike retains his twisted sense of humor (...) He certainly knows how to make action memorable"

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