Azumi the Movie DVD Samurai Swordswoman

Azumi 2003 directed by Ryuhei Kitamura is an action packed movie based on a highly popular manga serial by Yu Koyama. Like his stylish and gory previous film it wastes no time in getting down to business. The movies gets rolling as soon as the band of ten Samurai in training including Azumi (Aya Ueto) the only swordswoman among them is subjected to its final test. Once again Kitamura demonstrates his awesome skills into camera movements and fights choreography. The unlimited supply of stylistic action scenses and wild visual effects.  Starring: Yoshio Harada, Tak Sakaguchi, Naoto Takenaka, Masato Ibu, Joe Odagiri, Hideo Sakaki, Aya Ueto, Aya Okamoto. R rated. 128 min. Japanese language. English subtitled.