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Blade of the Immortal

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Cursed with immortality, a highly skilled samurai in feudal Japan promises to help a young woman avenge the death of her parents. Their mission leads them into a bloody battle with a ruthless warrior and his band of master swordsmen.
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Blade of the Immortal highlights Takashi Miike's flair for balletic violence, making up what it lacks in strict originality with rich characterizations and kinetic thrills.

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Kambole Campbell One Room With A View A gruelling, blood-soaked and often darkly comic samurai epic with a huge body count, Blade of the Immortal is an outrageous delight. Rated: 4/5 Aug 25, 2018 Full Review Tara Brady Irish Times An imaginative, gory, frenetic samurai carve-em-up, there's an irresistible energy about the project from the get-go. Rated: 4/5 Dec 11, 2017 Full Review Wendy Ide Observer (UK) It's a stylish slash fest, which delivers visceral thrills along with quietly striking moments of beauty. Rated: 3/5 Dec 10, 2017 Full Review Jamie Healy Radio Times A landmark film in a helter-skelter career, Blade of the Immortal proves beyond any doubt that Miike is a master of action, mayhem and storytelling. Rated: 4/5 May 2, 2024 Full Review Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand ... Miike delivers flying limbs, spraying blood, and fields of corpses with flamboyant style and a mordant sense of humor. Mar 4, 2023 Full Review Grant Watson Fiction Machine Take the fantasy elements out and Blade of the Immortal is a brilliantly effective throwback to the "chanbara" sword-fighting films of the 1960s. Rated: 9/10 Aug 31, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Anderson O TM’s 100th film is a cinematic Great among Manga classics! Fine tuned and well choreographed, as well great cinematography, captures unique journey of Rin as she’s attempting to avenger her father’s death at the hands of Anotsu and the Itty ryu clan. Plot twist a many to keep audiences on the edge of their seat in the samurai epic. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/12/24 Full Review IlCreatoreN5 B action-packed film, perfect for those who want to see a gore-packed samurai film. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/04/24 Full Review Paul W Good clean fun. A bit too long for a movie of this kind though. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/07/23 Full Review Georgan G If you enjoy samurai fighting this is the film for you. In fact, this is nearly 100% about fighting. The fantasy angle of being immortal is interesting. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/06/23 Full Review Adam T I made it like a half an hour. I can't believe the reviews this got. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. The costumes, the acting, the dialogue, the special effects, it's all just so awful. I like campy samurai movies but ugh, this is just terrible. There are so many better samurai movies out there. If you want a more recent samurai epic, check out 13 assassins, also directed by Takashi Miike. It's a much better use of your time. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/23/23 Full Review ChrisCSH Takashi Miike's mind blowing blood soaked vision of the manga of the same name "Blade of the Immortal" is over the top and full of blood gushing excitement. But perhaps the one and only thing to hold the film back is the film is a tad to long and slightly repetitive but with that it's still an entertaining two hours. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/22/22 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Cursed with immortality, a highly skilled samurai in feudal Japan promises to help a young woman avenge the death of her parents. Their mission leads them into a bloody battle with a ruthless warrior and his band of master swordsmen.
Director
Takashi Miike
Producer
Shigeji Maeda, Misako Saka, Jeremy Thomas
Screenwriter
Tetsuya Oishi
Distributor
Magnet Releasing
Production Co
Warner Bros., Recorded Picture Company (RPC), Oriental Light and Magic
Rating
R (Bloody Violence and Carnage)
Genre
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 3, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 8, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$149.2K
Runtime
2h 31m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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