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Azumi
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Mixed or average reviews
Based on 14 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 8 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Action | Adventure | Drama | Foreign | War
Written by:
Isao Kiriyama
Rikiya Mizushima
Yu Koyama (comic)
Directed by: Ryuhei Kitamura
Release Date:
Theatrical: July 21, 2006
DVD: November 21, 2006
Running Time: 115 minutes, Color
Origin: Japan
Language(s): Japanese (with English subtitles)
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Aya Ueto, Shun Oguri, Hiroki Narimiya, Kenji Kohashi, Takatoshi Kaneko, Yuma Ishigaki, Yasuomi Sano, and Shinji Suzuki
Based on the manga by Yu Koyama, this is the story of a beautiful young woman raised from birth to become the ultimate assassin.
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
TV Guide Ken Fox
Features more than enough thrilling wirework, slow and agonizing deaths, and blood-spattered faces to please even the most discriminating fans of the genre.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
As a moody drama, it falls short, but as lightweight escapism, it sets off sporadic but irresistible explosions of pure cinematic delight.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
A movie of such cheerful craziness and nonstop ferocity that you can't take it seriously for a second.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall
The tone is bleak and the comic-book violence relentless, but the wirework and Yuta Morokaji's stunt choreography are impressive, culminating in a breathless showdown between the title character (Aya Ueto) and 200 foes.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Eric Campos
A little boring and extremely long for what it is, all that Azumi really has going for it are several eye-popping battle sequences, including the climax which is a totally delicious celebration of graphic violence, and some nice camera work.
Read Full Review >Variety Ronnie Scheib
Inevitable comparisons to Quentin Tarentino's femme-centered carnage extravaganza "Kill Bill" are not unwarranted insofar as both films featurefeature an abstract, self-conscious, and decidedly post-modern approach to a moribund genre.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
It's a bad idea to get too fond of any character, no matter how worthy he (or she) may appear.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
Unfortunately, the film itself -- though it contains some superbly staged and highly lavish action sequences -- lacks the tautness of its heroine.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Mark Olsen
An uneven effort overall that when it is working has a strange, engaging energy that is often overturned by an uncertain staidness.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly James C. Taylor
Failing in its attempts at Zhang Yimou–like poetry, Azumi calls to mind a long, blood-splattered director's cut of a Power Rangers episode.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Manohla Dargis
The director, Ryuhei Kitamura, whose earlier films include the cult film "Versus," brings nothing new to the samurai-swordsman game other than some styling shorts for the whelps and a miniskirt for Azumi.
Read Full Review >New York Post V.A. Musetto
The story is superficial at best. And the movie is too long.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Michael Atkinson
If you're considering the scenario via Japan's ubiquitous pedo-porn tendencies, you're too educated for this exhaustive, manga-based bloodbath, which trails after these angsty teenyboppers on a scorched-fake-earth path through hundreds of growling baddies of every genre size and type.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Ken G. gave it a7:
A lot of well done action. a likable heroine kicking alot of male ass, a fun villian, an action-packed climax, and a lesbian under-tone; what more do you need?
Edd D. gave it an8:
Quite good movie, besides is a low budget movie. In an american version it can´t be better.
C. Henry gave it a4:
Sort of a messy ninja movie, not really all that good. It's fun enough to watch, but don't go looking for decent story or plot or characters... or much of anything. It tries to go too far with not enough gas.
