ODAGIRI JOE

A Z U M I

DIRECTED BY KITAMURA RYUHEI

2004


All Bijomaru wants is an enemy worth the name.

 


"Lend him a sword!" he says to Zaru when Hyuga's is broken.

 


He enjoys the tons of blood all over this screen.

 


He hates letting an opponent to die too quickly.

 


Bijomaru's sword wasn't made for defensive moves.

 


There's never been anyone like him in Gamo.

 


"You don't even know you are hit, are you?"

 


The Kato clan's ninja is trying to stop unnecessary killings.

 


Bijomaru is too beautiful for Gamonese to afford him.

 


An uneasy and short-lived truce with Zaru.

 


Zaru hopes Bijomaru won't just whack everyone off.

 


The rose is something he makes use of in combat.

 


If the Tokugawa ninjas won't show up, he'll fight Zaru.

 


Is there anything worth waiting for in this town of the outcasts?

 


The ninja master Gessai is on the crucifix.

 


At last someone swallows the bait! Azumi shows up!

 


Got to get rid of everyone for the final combat.

 


Bijomaru thinks Azumi is his best opponent so far.

 


"It will be a great treat to kill you today,"

 


This is the very first time he has to get defensive.

 


Up above the tower, measuring each other's guts.

 


"This little girl is tougher than I thought,"

 


A blaze of fire fighting fire.

 


"Don't go! It's just getting interesting now!"

 


"You're good," he says to Azumi.
Odagiri Joe
Odagiri Joe in the so-called real world.

 

SORTA REVIEW
UETO AYA's dazzlingly beautiful killing-spree
JAPANESE ACTORS
     
 
Continue to this movie's sequel: AZUMI 2: DEATH OR LOVE
 

 

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THIS MOVIE

is set somewhere in early 1600's, during the Tokugawa clan's reign.
That's the end of the 'Warring States Period' of Japanese history.
The following linx are in, on, around and about that era.

 

REALITY CHECK
The real-life Asano Nagamasa, whom Azumi kills in this movie.
The real-life Kato Kiyomasa, who hires Bijomaru, who pays the salary of Saru, and whom Azumi also kills in this movie.
The very real Tokugawa shogunate, around which this movie is set to evolve.
Status of a ninja like Azumi in the Japanese society.
What real ninjas did in Azumi's times How real ninjas differed from samurai in codes & beliefs 

 

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