Azumi (2003)
- 6.8
- 2h 8min
- Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
- 2003-05-10 (USA)
Storyline
In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine other orphans, to become an assassin. Her name is AZUMI, the ultimate assassin.
Plot Keywords
female protagonist, teenage girl, love, samurai, severed head, severed arm, poison, loss of friend, impalement, shot to death, stabbed to death, heroic bloodshed, cannon, dismemberment, gore, grave, hanging, mass killing, hanged man, explosion
Short Review
The tone is bleak and the comic-book violence relentless, but the wirework and Yuta Morokaji's stunt choreography are impressive.
