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Dominican Rep. Azumi
- Original title
- Azumi
- Year
- 2003
- Running time
- 128 min.
- Country
Japan- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Aya Ueto
Shun Oguri
Hiroki Narimiya- Takatoshi Kaneko
- Yasutaka Sano
Yûma Ishigaki- Kenji Kohashi
- Shinji Suzuki
Hideo Kojima- Aya Okamoto
Kazuya Shimizu
Eita- Shôgo Yamaguchi
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Action. Adventure | Gore. Feudal Japan. Manga. Live-Action
- Synopsis
- Azumi begins the film as the only girl among 10 warriors who have been trained from childhood by Jiji, a gray-bearded samurai. One day, Jiji tells them they must pass a final test before they embark on the mission they have prepared for all these years. He pairs them up, and, only five survive, including Azumi. Led by Jiji, this small band descends from the mountain that is the only world they know. Their mission, we learn, is to stop a nefarious plot to unseat the current shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, by the supporters of Hideyori, the son of deceased warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi. In other words, they are out to prevent a civil war of the kind that devastated their own families before Ieyasy wrested power from his rivals at the battle of Sekigahara in 1600 and imposed peace...
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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2004: Premios de la Academia Japonesa: 2 awards. 3 nominations
- Critics' reviews
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As a moody drama, it falls short, but as lightweight escapism, it sets off sporadic but irresistible explosions of pure cinematic delight."
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"A movie of such cheerful craziness and nonstop ferocity that you can't take it seriously for a second"
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"Unfortunately, the film itself -- though it contains some superbly staged and highly lavish action sequences -- lacks the tautness of its heroine"
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"An uneven effort overall that when it is working has a strange, engaging energy that is often overturned by an uncertain staidness"
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"The story is superficial at best. And the movie is too long."
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"It is probably Kitamura's best film."
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