UETO AYA

A Z U M I

DIRECTED BY KITAMURA RYUHEI

2004

 


Gessai's teenage ninja pack never knew what lies ahead.

 


It's fun to dress up, says Azumi, but.....

 


.....it gets you such a stereotypical trouble like this.

 


A swordsperson stays so forever.

 


Gamo, the goriest scene in the cinematic history.

 


It's not just a job, it is why bother living at all.


Captain Kanbei hopes to cut Azumi's mission short.

 


Azumi and Hyuga's girlfriend Yae at Hyuga's grave.

 


Master Gessai waits for the next target.

 


Gessai manages to break into the Gamo house.

 
Kato Kiyomasa
Lord Kato Kiyomasa, not an easy target for Gessai and Azumi.

REAL-LIFE HISTORY
&
REAL PERSONS' PICTURES
FOR THE ABSOLUTELY CLUELESS

KATO KIYOMASA WHO ?

TOKUGAWA = ???

SHOGUNS FOR THE TOTALLY TUNED OUT

 

About THIS MOVIE
Within This Movie: the Fantastic ODAGIRI JOE
JAPANESE ACTORS
     
 
Continue to this movie's sequel: AZUMI 2: DEATH OR LOVE
 

 

shoguns for dummies
THIS MOVIE
is set somewhere in early 1600's, during the Tokugawa clan's reign.
That's 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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