Review Blade of the Immortal (2017) Nov 3rd

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Blade of the Immortal (Japanese: 無限の住人? Hepburn: Mugen no jūnin) is a 2017 Japanese jidaigeki action film starring Takuya Kimura and Hana Sugisaki. Directed by Takashi Miike, it is based on the manga series of the same name by Hiroaki Samura.

The film will premiere out of competition at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, and was released theatrically in Japan by Warner Bros. Pictures on 29 April 2017.

The theme song of the film, "Live to Die Another Day", is performed by Miyavi


Cast

• Takuya Kimura as Manji
• Hana Sugisaki as Rin Asano
• Sōta Fukushi as Kagehisa Anotsu
• Hayato Ichihara as Shira
• Erika Toda as Makie Otono-Tachibana
• Kazuki Kitamura as Sabato Kuroi
• Chiaki Kuriyama as Hyakurin
• Shinnosuke Mitsushima as Taito Magatsu
• Ichikawa Ebizō XI as Eiku Shizuma
• Min Tanaka as Kagimura Habaki
• Tsutomu Yamazaki as Kensui Ibane

 

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Red-Band Trailer: “Blade of the Immortal”





Prolific filmmaker Takashi Miike returns with his 100th movie, a live-action adaptation of the acclaimed manga series “Blade of the Immortal”. Today a red-band trailer for the project has been released.

In the film, Samurai Manji has taken a lot of lives, both innocent and guilty, and now lives life in feudal Japan as a criminal. After being cursed with immortality until he kills enough evil men, Manji meets a young girl who enlists him to be her body-guard.

Swearing loyalty, protection and vengeance against the group of sword fighters who slaughtered her family, the unlikely duo set on a remarkable quest to make right against those who did them wrong.

“Blade of the Immortal” opens in cinemas on November 3rd.