Azumi is a bloodbath of a movie that stays true enough to its roots to stand high above others of the genre as a spectacular movie. After The Battle of Sekigahara a samurai (Master Gessai) is charged with the training of an elite group of...
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Azumi is a bloodbath of a movie that stays true enough to its roots to stand high above others of the genre as a spectacular movie. After The Battle of Sekigahara a samurai (Master Gessai) is charged with the training of an elite group of assassins in the hopes that they may exterminate three troublemaking warlords to prevent a cataclysmic war. Master Gessai then proceeds to recruit ten children amongst them is of course the movie's heroine Azumi. Ten years have passed and the ten assassins' training is nearly finished and as their final test Master Gessai orders them to team up with the one they like the best and kill them. After the horrible task is completed the victors are informed of their mission for the very first time and then set off to complete it. Along the way Azumi starts to question their mission unsure if what they are doing is truly the solution of preventing further bloodshed. Simultaneously the warlord Kiyomasa Kata devises a plan to obliterate the assassins by releasing the imprisoned and seemingly insane Bijomaru. Azumi is an absolute visual treat featuring crazily choreographed battle scenes and an engrossing story that will leave you thirsty for more. ________________________________________________
-Zathic