Azumi 2DVD 2003 Duplalemezes extra változat / Directed by Ryuhei Kitamura / Starring: Aya Ueto, Yoshio Harada, Aya Okamoto, Kazuki Kitamura

UPC 5999882942018

MADE IN EU

REGION 2 PAL DVD

AUDIO: Japanese 5.1, Hungarian 5.1

Subtitles: Hungarian

TOTAL RUNTIME: 128 MINUTES

English Summary:

As in the manga, the old master Jiji is tasked by the Tokugawa shogunate to raise a band of assassins. Their task is to finish off Toyotomi Hideyoshi's three allies: Nagamasa Asano, Kiyomasa Kato and Masayuki Sanada, to prevent an outbreak of the new civil war.

Azumi is discovered as a little girl kneeling without visible emotion next to the body of her dead mother by Gessai and his entourage of young students. She is then raised by him in the martial skills of sword fighting and the art of assassination. Azumi and her classmates, now at young adult age, are constantly being told about a "mission" they must accomplish, though they have no idea what this mission is yet. Prior to setting out on their mission, their master orders his students to "pair up" with each other's best friend and proceed to kill each other, thus out of ten students only five will remain to proceed with the mission: Azumi pairs with and is forced to kill Nachi. More questions and internal conflicts begin to arise amongst Azumi and her comrades as it seems their mission even prevents them from saving a village of mostly women and children from being massacred at the hands of a group of bandits, as they need to keep a low profile in order to achieve their primary mission.

The first leg in their mission, assassinating Nagamasa Asano, goes well. Upon hearing about Asano's death, Kato tasks his general Kanbei Inoue with his safety. Kanbei assesses the threat with a convoy containing a body double of Kato, in which his company fails to keep the double alive. The group of young assassins is given leave to see a small traveling circus troupe, where Hyuga falls in love with Yae, one of the troupe's actresses. After his assessment, Kanbei enlists help from three rogueish brothers who, eventually confuse Yae's circus troupe for the assassins, slaughtering them all until Hyuga, Azumi, and Nagara arrive. By the time the three dispatch the rogues, only Yae is left alive. Kanbei then sends his monkey-like henchman Saru to make a deal with the insidious and narcissistic mercenary named Bijomaru Mogami, previously imprisoned and under constant guard. Kanbei promises Bijomaro that should he successfully kill the assassins, his past crimes will be forgotten. Bijomaru agrees and quickly gets to work hunting down the five assassins, with Saru as his guide. Bijomaru's bloodlust, much to the chagrin of Saru, is such that he often kills allies in battle along with his enemy.

Hungarian Summary:

Azumi kislánykorában jutott árvaságra. Egy különös mester fogadta magához, a keze alatt lévő tíz gyereket orgyilkosokká képezte ki. Közülük Azumi és Nachi volt a legtehetségesebb, a végső próbát is teljesítették. A tanulás végeztével tudományukat bérbe adják annak, aki a legtöbbet fizet. Hadurakat, befolyásos személyeket ölnek, mikor mire bérelik fel őket. Munkájuk során számos nehézséggel kell szembenézniük, egyik társukat halálra sebzi egy nindzsa mérgezett pengéje, egy másik szerelmes lesz egy cirkuszi előadóba. Az egyik hadúr pedig le akar számolni a csapattal.

Cast / Szereplők:

• Aya Ueto as Azumi
• Yoshio Harada as Gessai
• Kenji Kohashi as Hyuga
• Aya Okamoto as Yae
• Kazuki Kitamura as Kanbei Inoue
• Minoru Matsumoto as Saru
• Joe Odagiri as Bijomaru Mogami
• Shun Oguri as Nachi
• Yuma Ishigaki as Nagara
• Hiroki Narimiya as Ukiha
• Takatoshi Kaneko as Amagi
• Naoto Takenaka as Kiyomasa Kato
• Masatō Ibu as Nagamasa Asano
• Eita as Hiei
• Ryō as Mother being attacked
• Kei Satō as Tenkai Nankôbô