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Azumi (live-action movie)

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[ adapted from Azumi (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Azumi 2: Death or Love (live-action movie) (sequel)

Alternative title:
あずみ (Japanese)
아즈미 (Korean)
Genres: action, drama
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
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Related releases:
    Azumi (DVD) 2006-11-21 (from $13.99)
    Azumi - Collector's Editon (DVD) 2006-11-21 (from $18.71)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

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 Azumi

Aya Okamoto as Yae

Naoto Takenaka as Kiyomasa Kato

Yoshio Harada as Gessai

Yuuma Ishigaki as Nagara

Eita as Hiei

Hideo Sakaki as Nagato

Hiroki Narimiya as Ukiha

Jo Odagiri as Bijomaru Mogami

Kazuki Kitamura as Inoue, Kanbe'e

Kazuya Shimizu as Sajiki Nisai

Kenichi Endo as Sajiki Isshin

Kenji Kohashi as Hyuga

Masatô Ibu as Nagamasa Asano

Minoru Matsumoto as Saru

Ryo as Osowareru Haha-Oya

Shinji Suzuki as Awa

Shogo Yamaguchi as Komoru

Shun Oguri as Nachi

Takatoshi Kaneko as Amagi

Taku Sakaguchi as Sajiki Brother #2

Yasuomi Sano as Yura

Hideo Kojima

Japanese companies 

Production:
SEDIC
Shogakukan Productions Co., Ltd.
TOHO

English staff 
English companies 

ADR Director: Richard Epcar

 

Distributor:
AsiaVision
Optimum Releasing (UK)

Licensed by:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)
Urban Vision

English cast 

Kyle Hebert as Kanbei Inoue


Spanish staff 
(none)
Spanish companies 

Dubbing Studio: International Soundstudio

Spanish cast 
(none)
Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

 (none)
Italian companies 

Distributor: Shin Vision

Dutch staff 
(none)
Dutch companies 

Broadcaster: MTV Netherlands

Distributor: Asiamania

Dutch cast 
(none)
Polish staff 
Polish companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: Vision Film Distribution Sp. z o.o.

Polish cast 
(none)
 
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