2017 · samurai · action · fantasy
Blade of the Immortal
Directed by Takashi Miike2h 20m2017
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine.
Our read: Blade of the Immortal (2017) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive samurai · action · fantasy entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme samurai / action, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
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- extreme
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