Shura Yukihime (2001)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Shinsuke Sato

Writers:

Kazuo Kamimura (comic)
Kazuo Koike (comic)

Release Date:

15 December 2001 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Plot:

In the near future, Japan is ruled once more by a monarchy. But, rebels opposed to this rule seek to overthrow the government...

Plot Keywords:

Rebel | Assassin | Gas Station | Female Warrior | Wound

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Hideaki Ito	...	Takashi
Yumiko Shaku	...	Yuki
Shirô Sano	...	Kidokoro
Yoichi Numata	...	Kuka
Kyusaku Shimada	...	Byakurai
Yôko Chôsokabe	...	Soma
Yoko Maki	...	Aya
Naomasa Musaka	...	Kiri
Yutaka Matsushige	...	Anka
Shintarou Sonooka	...	Chain Wielder
Takashi Tsukamoto	...	Takashi's Friend
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
L.B. Bartholomee	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Lowell Bartholomee)
Russell Bartholomee	...	Takashi's Friend (voice: English version)
Kimberly Dilts	...	Yuki (voice: English version)
Dom Elsnor	...	Chain Wielder (voice: English version)
Lyle Faubert	...	Anka (voice: English version)
Robert Fisher	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version) (as Robert S. Fisher)
Samuel Harlow	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Sammy Harte	...	Additional voices
Jessica Hedrick	...	Aya (voice: English version)
Joey Hood	...	Kiri (voice: English version)
Grant James	...	Kuka (voice: English version)
Judson L. Jones	...	Kidokoro (voice: English version)
Jason Martoni	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Ellie McBride	...	Soma (voice: English version)
Michael T. Mergen	...	Renkyo (voice: English version) (as Michael Mergen)
Russ Roten	...	Byakurai (voice: English version) (as Russ Rotan)
Adam Sultan	...	Takashi (voice: English version)
Chan Yeuw	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)

Also Known As:

The Princess Blade (USA)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence.

Runtime:

92 min | Germany:92 min (Berlin Film Festival) | USA:93 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

DTS | DTS-Stereo

Certification:

New Zealand:R16 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | Italy:VM14 | Japan:PG-12 | UK:18 | USA:R

Company:

GAGA Communications

Trivia:

The statue in the industrial district of the town actually resembles the producer of the movie, not Stalin.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Yuki battles Byakurai in the forest, day in one shot changes to night in the next.

Movie Connections:

References The Princess Bride (1987)

Piles on the visual style and avoids in-depth character development. A filmed comic book.

This film piles on the visual style and avoids in-depth character development. Now, some may think that this is bad, and can result in a terrible movie. Well, it doesn't. It produces the closet thing I've seen to a filmed comic book, quite literally. Okay, Batman and Spiderman are fantastic film versions of comics, but this is like watching a comic book onscreen, with live action. With some excellent stunts, more human based than those of Crouching Tiger or Matrix, filmed in such a fantastic way, you can't help but be excited by them. The story, however, is a bit weak, and wouldn't warrant another viewing for some time, albeit leaping to the excellent fight scenes and death scenes. However, there is the most realistic death scene I have ever seen before, and also the most emotionally real anguish from an actor I have seen to date. If you are a fan of visually strong movies, with some good fighting action (the assassins use samurai swords, even against guns!) then this is a cracker for you.