Blade of the Immortal

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Released Nov 3, 2017

2h 31m

Action

Adventure

Fantasy

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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., Oriental Light and Magic, Recorded Picture Company (RPC)
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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