Overview
Manji (Takuya Kimura), a samurai cursed with immortality, is hired by a young woman (Hana Sugisaki) to avenge the death of her father. He quickly finds himself battling hundreds of adversaries, not only to help his charge but to win his own freedom as well. Sota Fukushi, Hayato Ichihara, and Erika Toda co-star in this samurai action film, which is based on a manga of the same name and is the 100th film of prolific director Takashi Miike.
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
Takashi Miike - Director
Takuya Kimura
Details
- Format: Blu-ray
- UPC: 876964015776
- Genre: ACTION / ADVENTURE
- Rating: R (MPAA)
- Release Date: February 2018
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
"[Miike] certainly knows how to make action memorable. When 300 brightly clad actors with sharp props come storming in for the story’s climax, all a martial arts fan can do is sit back and salivate." - 11/03/2017 Los Angeles Times
3 stars out of 4 -- "[I]t’s that balance of Miike’s experience with his retained childlike energy in making a kick-ass samurai movie that keeps this journey engaging." - 11/03/2017 RogerEbert.com
"Adding a soupçon of sorcery to the genre’s typical vengeance saga, Manji’s immortality effectively embellishes the slice-and-dice dust-ups that propel the plot and punctuate Tetsuya Oishi’s screenplay." - 11/02/2017 New York Times
"The years have not mellowed Miike’s flair for over-the-top bloodshed, but they have refined his style. His decades of action-movie experience are evident in this kinetic, punchy live-action cartoon..." -- Grade: B - 11/03/2017 A.V. Club
4 stars out of 5 -- "[A]ction fans will have a field day, but gorehounds will have a field year, as Miike lops off arms, slices throats, and slashes out eyes. Or as he likes to think of it, just another Wednesday." - 12/06/2017 Empire
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