Azumi was originally born in the Japanese manga, during 1994, to the writer Yu Koyama, who then, at the young age nine, was adopted and shown to the world by the Japanese movie director Ryuhei Kitamura, with the production guidance of Mataichiro Yamamoto. This, being Azumi first outing since her birth in the manga, she has developed very well into the celluloid genre, a stepping-stone to greater possibilities. Perhaps one does not have to be familiar with her original upbringing to appreciate her talent as a skilled assassin. No matter which genre we see her first, she will no doubt win us over with her beauty, intelligence, vigour and maturity.
Azumi is a movie set in early Japanese society were the Samurai, the Ninja, the Warlords, Honour and the way of the Sword still presides, a time of death, destruction, and the Wars between the three feuding Warlords of Japan have turned this great Country into a battlefield of hate, misery, and mistrust.
Azumi is a highly detailed period action movie, with a meticulous setting to both costumes and set design, production and art designer Yuji Hayashida studied Cowboy movies to get the right feel for his masterpiece at the climax of Azumi, this is definitely not a thrown together hastily movie, time, thought and effort have gone into the making of Azumi. Ryuhei Kitamura can take credit for his fine role in nurturing and developing the acting skills of Ms. Aya Ueto, playing the lead role here, into a wonderful and charismatic Azumi, with her supporting actors adding drive and emotion to a movie of such brutal ferocity. This magnificent choreographed action movie with its many fight scenes and battles are very well placed and put together, driven along with a finely tuned musical score, both classical and modern, that sets both pace and emotion.
The Awards of the Japanese Academy, in 2004, have given awards to both Aya Ueto and Jô Odagiri for Newcomer of the Year, along with Ms. Ueto Popularity Award for Most Popular Performer and a nomination for Best Actress too. The Philadelphia Film Festival rewarded Azumi the Best Danger After Dark Film to Ryuhei Kitamura during 2004.
If viewing Azumi on the manga perspective, then this movie should be judged in its own capacity, there really is no question of the high calibre of detail and dedication that has gone into Azumi, with its extremely imaginative camera work, costumes and overall detail, Azumi should, no doubt, conquer us all.
Azumi is a movie set in early Japanese society were the Samurai, the Ninja, the Warlords, Honour and the way of the Sword still presides, a time of death, destruction, and the Wars between the three feuding Warlords of Japan have turned this great Country into a battlefield of hate, misery, and mistrust.
Azumi is a highly detailed period action movie, with a meticulous setting to both costumes and set design, production and art designer Yuji Hayashida studied Cowboy movies to get the right feel for his masterpiece at the climax of Azumi, this is definitely not a thrown together hastily movie, time, thought and effort have gone into the making of Azumi. Ryuhei Kitamura can take credit for his fine role in nurturing and developing the acting skills of Ms. Aya Ueto, playing the lead role here, into a wonderful and charismatic Azumi, with her supporting actors adding drive and emotion to a movie of such brutal ferocity. This magnificent choreographed action movie with its many fight scenes and battles are very well placed and put together, driven along with a finely tuned musical score, both classical and modern, that sets both pace and emotion.
The Awards of the Japanese Academy, in 2004, have given awards to both Aya Ueto and Jô Odagiri for Newcomer of the Year, along with Ms. Ueto Popularity Award for Most Popular Performer and a nomination for Best Actress too. The Philadelphia Film Festival rewarded Azumi the Best Danger After Dark Film to Ryuhei Kitamura during 2004.
If viewing Azumi on the manga perspective, then this movie should be judged in its own capacity, there really is no question of the high calibre of detail and dedication that has gone into Azumi, with its extremely imaginative camera work, costumes and overall detail, Azumi should, no doubt, conquer us all.