Azumi (live-action movie)
Related anime:
Azumi 2: Death or Love (live-action movie) (sequel)
Alternative title:
あずみ (Japanese)
아즈미 (Korean)
Age rating:
Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary:
Azumi is a young girl in feudal Japan. Her mother has died due to some circumstances (of which the viewer is unaware) and she is taken care of by a man passing with a bunch of boys her age. A few years later, Azumi and her 'brothers' are welltrained, very skilled assasins. As a final test, before they are allowed to take on clients, they are told to pair up with their favourite friend.... and kill him. Follow Azumi and her friends on their quest for justice, love and freedom.
Vintage:
2003-05-10
Premiere date:
2003-05-10 (Japan)
2004-01-23 (USA - Sundance Film Festival)
2004-03-16 (USA - South by Southwest Film Festival)
2004-03-19 (Belgium - Fantasy Film Festival)
2004-04-15 (USA - Philadelphia International Film Festival)
2004-04-30 (USA - Independent Film Festival of Boston)
2004-05-25 (South Korea)
2004-08-11 (Germany - Hamburg Fantasy Filmfest)
2004-09-16 (Australia)
2004-09-16 (Thailand)
2004-09-18 (Finland - Helsinki International Film Festival)
Releases: We have 3
Ending Theme:
"Negai (ねがい)" by Mina Nagaha
Official website:
Toho's Official Azumi Press Site (Japanese)
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Director: Ryuhei Kitamura Screenplay: Isao Kiriyama Music: Taro Iwashiro Original Manga: Yu Koyama Producer: Mataichiro Yamamoto Cinematography: Takumi Furuya Theme Song Performance: Mina Ganaha (ED) | Aya Ueto as Aya Okamoto as Naoto Takenaka as Yoshio Harada as Yuuma Ishigaki as Eita as Hideo Sakaki as Hiroki Narimiya as Jo Odagiri as Kazuki Kitamura as Kazuya Shimizu as Kenichi Endo as Kenji Kohashi as Masatô Ibu as Minoru Matsumoto as Ryo as Shinji Suzuki as Shogo Yamaguchi as Shun Oguri as Takatoshi Kaneko as Taku Sakaguchi as Yasuomi Sano as | |||||||
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