| Azumi | |
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| Directed by | Ryūhei Kitamura |
| Produced by | Toshiaki Nakazawa Mataichiro Yamamoto |
| Written by | Comic: Yu Koyama Screenplay: Rikiya Mizushima Isao Kiriyama |
| Music by | Taro Iwashiro |
| Cinematography | Takumi Furuya |
| Editing by | Shuichi Kakesu |
| Distributed by | Toho |
| Released | May 10, 2003 |
| Running time | 142 min. |
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Azumi (あずみ) is a 2003 Japanese film based on a Yu Koyama manga and directed by Ryūhei Kitamura.
Plot[]
In 19th-century Japan a master samurai trains a young band of assassins from childhood. His final test for them is to fight each other to the death, ensuring that only the strongest-willed and ruthless amongst them would survive. After being forced to murder her childhood friend, the young assassin Azumi is deeply traumatized by the experienced but still determined to continue her mission to defeat powerful warlord that has recently risen to power. Her rage builds throughout her journey, leading up to an epic bloodbath in the final confrontation against her foes.
Cast[]
- Aya Ueto as Azumi
- Shun Oguri as Nachi
- Hiroki Narimiya as Ukiha
- Kenji Kohashi as Hyuga
- Takatoshi Kaneko as Amagi
- Yuma Ishigaki as Nagara
- Yasuomi Sano as Yura
- Shinji Suzuki as Awa
- Eita Nagayama as Hiei
- Shogo Yamaguchi as Komoru
- Kazuki Kitamura as Inoue
- Kenichi Endo as Sajiki Isshin
- Kazuya Shimizu as Sajiki Nisai
- Ryo as Osowareru Haha-Oya
- Yoshio Harada as Gessai
- Masatoh Ibu as Nagamasa Asano
- Minoru Matsumoto as Saru
- Joe Odagiri as Bijomaru Mogami
- Aya Okamoto as Yae
- Tak Sakaguchi as Sajiki brother #2
- Hideo Sakaki as Nagato
- Naoto Takenaka as Kiyomasa Kato
- Hideo Kojima as Bandit