Summary
A young orphan is raised to be a deadly assassin. With Japan at war the only hope is for the murder of the deadly warlords who wreak havoc on the country, leading to some fearsom battle scenes as the young, female assassin goes to work.
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Female assassins
-- Japan
-- Drama.
Assassins -- Japan -- Drama. Young women -- Japan -- Drama. Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 -- Drama. Action and adventure films. Fantasy films. Feature films. Fiction films. |
| Publisher | [Japan] :Urban Vision Entertainment :2006 AsiaVision, |
| Edition | [Two-disc collector's ed.]. |
| Other Titles | Azumi. |
| Contributors |
Kitamura, Ryūhei,
1969- Yamamoto, Mataichirō, 1947- Nakazawa, Toshiaki. Koyama, Yū, 1948- Azumi. Ueto, Aya, 1985- Odagiri, Jō, 1976- Okamoto, Aya, 1982- Takenaka, Naoto. Harada, Yoshio, 1940-2011. Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha. Nippon Herald Films. "Azumi" Seisaku Iinkai. Urban Vision Entertainment. AsiaVisions Media Foundation. |
| Participants/Performers |
Ueto Aya, Odagiri Jō, Okamoto Aya, Takenaka Naoto, Harada Yoshio. |
| Other Contributors |
Screenplay, Mizushima Rikiya, Kiriyama Isao; director of photography, Furuya Takumi; film editor, Kakesu Shūichi; music, Iwashiro Tarō. |
| Language |
Japanese English Japanese or English dialogue, with optional English subtitles. |
| Notes |
Based on the comic Azumi (Shogakkan) by Koyama Yū. A foreign film (Japan). Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. Special features: Fighting on the edge: the making of Azumi; Azumi in America: the U.S. production; The battle of the creators: Kitamura vs. Yamamoto; About the actors featurette; cast and crew profiles; hidden music video. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet |
| ISBN | 1932471421 9781932471427 |
| Other | Classic View |