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Izo

4.9

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Original title

Izo

Year

2004

Running time

128 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Takashi Miike

Screenwriter

Shigenori Takechi

Cast

Music

Kôji Endô

Cinematography

Nobuyuki Fukazawa

Producer

Office Kitano

Genre

Action. Drama. Thriller. Fantasy. Horror. Sci-Fi

Synopsis

We begin in 1865 when the Shogunate is on its last legs but still capable of punishing its enemies. One is Izo (Kazuya Nakayama) an assassin in the service of Hanpeida (Ryosuke Miki) a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo where his finds himself one with the city's homeless. Here Izo transforms himself into a new improved killing machine his entire soul still enraged by his treatment in his past life. His response to the powers-that-be whose predecessors put him to death is the sword.

Awards: 2004: Sitges Fantasy Film Festival: Best Special Effects

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Izo

2004

Takashi Miike

4.9

(921)