Azumi 2: Available May 6th, 2008

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From Urban Vision Entertainment's AsiaVision comes the highly anticipated sequel to the hit film Azumi: AZUMI 2. Urban Vision and AsiaVision are home to outstanding film franchises including Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Ninja Scroll: The Series, Wicked City, Azumi, Curse, Death & Spirit and more.

Popular beauty Aya Ueto returns as the conflicted assassin Azumi, with an all-star creative team helping craft the second film based on the long-running hit manga, Azumi, by Yu Koyama and directed by Shusuke Kaneko. Mr. Kaneko has won several awards, including the Pegasus Audience Award at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film and Best Director honors at the Yokohama Film Festival. Most recently, Mr. Kaneko has directed the wildly popular Death Note films. Azumi 2 is written by Rikiya Mizushima & Yoshiaki Kawajiri. Mr. Kawajiri is most famous amongst anime fans, having directed the critically acclaimed films Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Ninja Scroll, Wicked City and The Program (from The Animatrix.) Mataichiro Yamamoto also returns to Azumi 2 to produce. Mr. Yamamoto is one of the most prolific producers in Japan today, giving us such animated hits as Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust and BioHunter, and films such as Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, The Man Who Stole the Sun and The Killing of America. 2007 has seen his spectacular production Crows-Zero, directed by Takashi Miike.

Starring:
Aya Ueto (Azumi, Aim for the Ace!)
Shun Oguri (Crows Zero, Sukiyaki Western Django)
Chiaki Kuriyama (Kill Bill vol. 1, Battle Royale)

AZUMI 2 SYNOPSIS
To keep the fragile peace in feudal Japan, a team of assassins was raised for the sole purpose of eradicating anyone who poses a threat. Azumi, the strongest of this elite team, has lost nearly all of her companions while successfully taking out two of three targeted warlords. Now, the two remaining assassins, Azumi and Nagara, pursue their final target, Masayuki Sanada. However, Sanada knows they are coming. He has hired the Koga Ninja Clan, masters of stealth, infiltration and fighting, to kill Azumi before she can complete her mission.

Hot on Azumi's heels is Kanbei, the failed retainer of Kiyomasa, the last warlord Azumi assassinated with her own sword. He seeks revenge, and will stop at nothing to get it. The whirlwind chase of the hunters and hunted rages—who will be left alive?

DVD Special Features:
v Through the Eyes of Azumi
v Image Gallery
v Trailers
v English 5.1 Surround
v Japanese 5.1 Surround
v Optional English Subtitles

UV#: 1143
UPC: 638652 11430 – 3
ISBN: 1-932471-43-X
Approximate running time: 112 minutes
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 1.85:1
SRP: $24.95
Prebook Date: 4/4/08
Streeat Date: 5/6/08

WARNING: Not rated. Contains violence. Recommended for mature audiences.

Produced by MATA YAMAMOTO and TOSHIAKI NAKAZAWA
Directed by SHUSUKE KANEKO
Starring AYA UETO as Azumi, CHIAKI KURIYAMA, SHUN OGURI, YUMA ISHIGAKI, KENICHI ENDOU, TOSHIYA NAGASAWA, SHIGERU KOHYAMA, KAZUKI KITAMURA, REIKO TAKASHIMA and MIKIJIRO HIRA
Music by EIJI KAWAMURA
Film Editor SHUICHI KAKESU
Production Designer HISAO INAGAKI
Director of Photography YOSHITAKA SAKAMOTO
Based on the comic “Azumi” (Shogakukan) by YU KOYAMA
Screenplay by RIKIYA MIZUSHIMA and YOSHIAKI KAWAJIRI

© 2005 “Azumi 2” Production Committee: NIPPON HERALD FILMS / TBS / DENTSU / SHOGAKUKAN / TOSHIBA ENTERTAINMENT / TOHO / IMAGICA / SEDIC INTERNATIONAL / TRISTONE ENTERTAINMENT All rights reserved.
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