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Live-Action Blade of the Immortal Cinemas Website Launched
posted on by Andrew Osmond
A website has been launched giving venues and booking links for the UK cinema release on Blade of the Immortal "neo period drama" manga. The film opens on December 1.
The manga follows Manji's journey of revenge as the yōjinbō (bodyguard) of Rin, a young woman who swears vengeance against a group of sword fighters who murdered her parents.
The film's lead actors Rin Asano.
Prolific filmmaker Takashi Miike (As the Gods Will, Crows) is directing the film. Filming took place in Kyoto in extremely cold weather, and the climax of Manji and Rin versus 300 enemies took about 15 days to shoot. The film opened in Japan on April 29.
Samura launched the Blade of the Immortal manga in won the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material in 2000. The manga is getting a reprint in Japan with new covers.
Via Otaku News
