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- 2006
- Not Rated
- Urban Vision Entertainment
- 2 h 8 m
- 2006
- Not Rated
- Urban Vision Entertainment
- 2 h 8 m
Summary Based on the manga by Yu Koyama, this is the story of a beautiful young woman raised from birth to become the ultimate assassin.
Directed By: Ryûhei Kitamura
Written By: Yû Koyama, Mataichirô Yamamoto, Isao Kiriyama
- 2006
- Not Rated
- Urban Vision Entertainment
- 2 h 8 m
- 2006
- Not Rated
- Urban Vision Entertainment
- 2 h 8 m
Azumi
49
7.3
Summary Based on the manga by Yu Koyama, this is the story of a beautiful young woman raised from birth to become the ultimate assassin.
Directed By: Ryûhei Kitamura
Written By: Yû Koyama, Mataichirô Yamamoto, Isao Kiriyama
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
49
21% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
64% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
14% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
49
21% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
64% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
14% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Features more than enough thrilling wirework, slow and agonizing deaths, and blood-spattered faces to please even the most discriminating fans of the genre.
A movie of such cheerful craziness and nonstop ferocity that you can't take it seriously for a second.
It is probably Kitamura's best film.
It's a bad idea to get too fond of any character, no matter how worthy he (or she) may appear.
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.
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.
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.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
7.3
75% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
13% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
13% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
7.3
75% Positive
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
13% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
13% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
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Production Company
Amuse Pictures,
DENTSU Music And Entertainment,
Nippon Herald Films,
Pony Canyon,
Sedic,
Shogakukan,
Toho,
Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)
Release Date Jul 21, 2006
Duration 2 h 8 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline From the ravages of war rises the ultimate assassin.
Awards
Awards of the Japanese Academy
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Boston Independent Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Philadelphia Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
