Coming Attractions

by **ctaulbee** » Aug Thu 31, 2017 4:14 pm

Hold onto your limbs folks, because the red-band trailer for Takashi Miike‘s Blade of the Immortal is here and it’s hacking away at everything in it’s path. The manga adaptation marks the 100th film for the celebrated Japanese director responsible for countless genre favorites including Ichi the Killer, Audition, 13 Assassins, and Visitor Q, among many others. With Blade of the Immortal, Miike adapts from the Japanese manga series by Hiroaki Samura, setting the sword-swinging action in feudal Japan, where we find a man cursed with immortality until he can kill enough evil men. When a young girl recruits him as a bodyguard, the duo set out on a bloodbath journey to set right those who have wronged them.

Miike’s most violent films can be genuinely hard to watch or a chaotic blast of action, with tones ranging from deadly serious to straight-up silly — Blade of the Immortal looks like it leans towards the latter in both categories and I can’t wait to see this.

Blade of the Immortal will have its North American debut at Fantastic Fest in October and before swinging into theaters nationwide on November 3. Written and directed by Miike, the film stars Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, Sôta Fukushi, Ebizô Ichikawa, Min Tanaka and Tsutomu Yamazaki.

Watch the red-band trailer below in all its nutty, bloody glory.

Mugen no jûnin (original title)
2h 20min | Action, Drama | 3 November 2017 (USA)

Official site [Japan]

by **topmeasure** » Aug Thu 31, 2017 5:23 pm

A definite must see for me.

by **alienmem** » Aug Thu 31, 2017 6:00 pm

@CT: Did you do that intro or is it a quote?

by **chouette** » Aug Thu 31, 2017 11:00 pm

I can "bloody" see why you would like this movie!

by **ctaulbee** » Aug Thu 31, 2017 11:23 pm

alienmem wrote:@CT: Did you do that intro or is it a quote?

Only parts of it.

chouette wrote:I can "bloody" see why you would like this movie!

You know me so well!

by **alienmem** » Sep Fri 01, 2017 8:58 am

There was was a time when Takashi Miike was my second favorite director. Right up until he made Ichi the Killer the guy was god to me.

But after that the downfall came and the only worthy film I've seeen of his Was Big Bang Juvenile Love.

I've completely lost the faith in this guy. he only does manga and anime adaptations now. He sucks.

Trailers are deceiving and this one doesn't renew my faith in him. Ichi the Killer is a masterpiece as a lot of his previous work before that. Afterwards, crap, crap, crap....