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- There’s a good chance you’ve seen Blade of the Immortal a million times. But if you like the genre enough to see a million of them, you’ll definitely like this film. It’s a terrific samurai thriller with depth of character, and even deeper pools of blood.
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Nov 3, 2017 · There are enough flashes of brilliance through all 140 minutes of “Blade of the Immortal” that its sins can be easily forgiven. And it’s that balance of Miike’s experience with his retained childlike energy in making a kick-ass samurai movie that keeps this journey engaging.
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. Read Critics Reviews...
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Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. 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...
- There will be bloodworms.
- Verdict
By William Bibbiani
Posted: Nov 3, 2017 8:38 pm
There’s nothing quite like a samurai movie where one guy carves their way through a literal army of anonymous (but probably evil) enemies. It’s a tradition that extends through films like the iconic Lone Wolf & Cub films, the classic Sword of Doom, the totally awesome Azumi, and now Takashi Miike’s blood-splattered and emotionally ripping Blade of the Immortal.
Based on a manga series by Hiroaki Samura, Blade of the Immortal tells the story of Manji (Takuya Kimura), a samurai who killed 100 men for his master, destroyed his sister’s life in the process, and then watched her get slaughtered before he could atone for his sins. Manji takes his bloody revenge but is denied his own death by an 800-year-old sorceress named Yaobikuni (Yôko Yamamoto), who fills his body with disgusting bloodworms which close every one of his wounds and make him immortal.
Fifty years later a whole new movie basically begins, and a girl named Rin (Hana Sugisaki), who looks exactly like Manji’s sister, is orphaned by a brutal gang of expert swordsmen. Rin thoroughly intends to avenge her family by her lonesome, but she only has one trick up her sleeves - specifically, knives literally hidden up her sleeves - and she’s not very good with them.
Rin hires Manji to be her bodyguard. Or at least, she tries. Blade of the Immortal may be a wall-to-wall action epic but it’s not gung ho about murder. Manji knows vengeance when he sees it, and knows that Rin may be a part of a larger story. To their victims, she will be a villain. But dang it, she looks so much like his sister that Manji can’t help but get involved, right to the bitter end.
There’s a good chance you’ve seen Blade of the Immortal a million times. But if you like the genre enough to see a million of them, you’ll definitely like this film. It’s a terrific samurai thriller with depth of character, and even deeper pools of blood.
- William Bibbiani
Nov 4, 2017 · For fans of the samurai genre — and with strong stomachs — “Blade of the Immortal” is an expertly choreographed action film that allows the depth of characters and the experience of the director shine through.
Blade of the Immortal is a pretty good title for a samurai movie. I’ve got a better one: “10,000 Corpses.”
Blade of the Immortal: Directed by Takashi Miike. With Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, Sôta Fukushi, Hayato Ichihara. Cursed with a life of immortality, a samurai is tasked by a young girl to help avenge the death of her father. Based on the manga series by Hiroaki Samura.
