Ueto Aya, Odagiri Jō, Okamoto Aya, Takenaka Naoto, Harada Yoshio. Based on the comic Azumi (Shogakkan) by Koyama Yū. A foreign film (Japan). Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. Special features: Fighting on the edge: the making of Azumi; Azumi in America: the U.S. production; The battle of the creators: Kitamura vs. Yamamoto; About the actors featurette; cast and crew profiles; hidden music video.
Summary:
A young orphan is raised to be a deadly assassin. With Japan at war the only hope is for the murder of the deadly warlords who wreak havoc on the country, leading to some fearsome battle scenes as the young, female assassin goes to work.
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