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The Princess Blade (live-action movie 2001)

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[ adapted from Lady Snowblood (manga) ]

Alternative title:
Princess Blade
Shura Yukihime (Japanese)
修羅雪姫 (Japanese)
Themes: revenge
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: In the distant future, Japan has isolated itself from the rest of the world. The Takemikazuchi - once the protectors of the royal elite - now survive as a band of ruthless assassins for hire. Yuki, a Takemikazuchi assassin, learns the truth about her mother's death and confronts the clan's leader Byakurai. Outnumbered by the assassins, Yuki runs for her life and finds refuge in the home of Takashi, a man striving to make a living by running a gas station in the middle of nowhere. But with Byakurai and his assassins closing in on her whereabouts, Yuki must continue to fight in order to fulfill her destiny as princess of the Takemikazuchi.
Running time: 95 minutes
Vintage: 2001
Ending Theme:
"The First Night" by United Jazzy
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Shinsuke Sato

Screenplay:
Kei Kunii
Shinsuke Sato

Music: Kenji Kawai

Original Manga:
Kazuo Kamimura
Kazuo Koike

Art director: Tomoyuki Maruo

Director of Photography: Taro Kawazu

Producer: Taka Ichise

Action Choreography:
Donnie Yen
Kenji Tanigaki

Editing: Hirohide Abe

Sound Mixing: Kiyoshi Kakizawa

Stunts:
Go Ohara
Jack Wong
Kenji Tanigaki
Michael Ian Lambert
Yuji Shimomura (for Yumiko Shaku)

Visual Effects: Shinji Higuchi

 

Hideaki Ito as Takashi

Yumiko Shaku as Yuki

Kyusaku Shimada as Byakurai

Shirou Sano as Kidokoro

Yoichi Numata as Kuka

Yoko Maki as Aya

Naomasa Musaka

Shintarou Sonooka

Takashi Tsukamoto

Yoko Chosokabe

Yutaka Matsushige

Japanese companies 

International Distribution:
Horizon Entertainment, Ltd.
Kadokawa Shoten

Music Production:
Toshiba EMI
TV Asahi Music

Production:
Eisei Gekijo
GAGA Communications
Nikkatsu Corporation
Oz Productions
PIONEER LDC
Shura Yukihime Film Partners
Sony PCL, Inc.
Tokyo Theatres

English staff 

Director: Lowell Bartholomee

ADR Script: Mike Yantosca

Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams

Producer: Lowell Bartholomee

Additional Translation: Shoko Oono

Creative Director:
Chris Hawley
David Del Rio

DVD Coordination: Janice Williams

DVD Graphics:
James Bates
Joey Goubeaud

DVD Producer: Thomas Meerbott

Editing:
Joey Goubeaud
Neil O'Sullivan

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas

Production Assistant:
Carole Pavlik
Maki Nagano
Marta Bechtol
Miyuki Kamiya

Recording engineer: Robert S. Fisher

Sound Design: Brent Marshall

Subtitle Script & Timing: Jack Wang

English cast 

Adam Sultan as Takashi

Kimberly Dilts as Yuki

Ellie McBride as Soma

Grant James as Kuka

Jessica Hedrick as Aya

Judson L. Jones as Kidokoro

Russ Rotan as Byakurai

Dom Elsnor as Chain Wielder

Joey Hood as Kiri

Lyle Faubert as Anka

Michael Mergen as Renkyo

Russell Bartholomee as Takashi's friend

Chan Yeuw

Jason Martoni

Lowell Bartholomee

Robert S. Fisher

Samuel Harlow

English companies 

Broadcaster: The Anime Network

DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.

Licensed by: ADV Films

Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios

Recording Facility: Monster Island

 
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