Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24758 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-08-02
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: Japanese
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 123 minutes

Synopsis
AZUMI is a young Japanese orphan who is a ruthless trained assassin. It is 19th Century Japan, torn-apart by war. Along with nine others she has been taught deadly martial arts skills by Master Gessai, in the hope that one day they will cold-bloodedly kill the warlords who cause constant unrest in the land. The ten proteges must form pairs and fight to the death to leave the five most merciless killers, cold enough to murder their own friends. But are Gessai's motives all that they seem

Customer Reviews

samurai fighting at its best
I took a chance when I brought Azumi, I read a review and thought I should give it a try, boy am I glad I did. Apart from the fact that Aya Ueto is the most attractive girl I have ever seen, she is by far the most agile and capable of taking you into her world. This is this the most epic and violent film I have ever had the pleasure to witness. The epic final battle scene alone is cetianly one to remember and kicks the crap out of anything Hollywood would have the balls to create. Though this is not to say it is merely a blood and guts movie, it has character and a powerful story to tell of friendship and sacrifice. If you are a fan of Jananese violence such as Battle Royale and Princess Blade this movie is sure to please. I certainly would recommend this to all lovers of Asian Cinema.

An excellent film not to be compared with others
I have seen this film many times and wouldn't be writing a review if it wasn't for the fact that I feel the other reviews on this page do this film no justice.
The first thing that has got my back up is that some guy is trying to compare Azumi to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. This is the most rediculous thing ever as there not even from the same Country, Azumi is Japanese, Crouching Tiger is Chinese and have a completely different style to each other.
Azumi is an excellent film, the characters are all well developed and realistically skillful with a sword, they aren't meant to have superpowers.
This film if anything is in the same vain as Versus, the first film to come from the same director. The fight scenes, if thats all your after are monumentally huge with the lead character taking on an absurd amount of people. Also its based on a comic, if I remember rightly so its supposed to be a little absurd in places.
This film is no pansy like Crouching Tiger which is basically martial arts mixed with ballet, so ignore anyone who tries to compare the two.
An excellent film worth watching over and over.

Kitamura does it again
From the director of acclaimed Zombie/Yakuza/etc.. film "Versus" comes Azumi, the story of a female samurai who along with a team of other samurai must defend honour.

If you liked the fight scenes in Versus, much the same in Azumi but the budget is higher and improved camera work make this work a lot better.

Also, most of the cast of Versus turn up again, although not in a bad way, its from brief cameos to major parts.

As i said vastly improved fight scenes when the excellent female Azumi takes on 100 men at once, will not spoil the ending but watch and enjoy.

I would recommend this to anyone who likes either Samurai films, Versus or any Manga (The movie is based on a manga).