
In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine other orphans, to become an assassin. Her name is AZUMI, the ultimate assassin.... (Full plot summary below)
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In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine other orphans, to become an assassin. Her name is AZUMI, the ultimate assassin.
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| New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanIt's a bad idea to get too fond of any character, no matter how worthy he (or she) may appear. |
| eFilmCritic.comScott WeinbergFor a pure ice-water jolt of action-movie insanity, few things I've seen in recent years come close to the sheer splatter-fest spectacle of Azumi. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.Kitamura's visual power thankfully never drowns out the story's. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonAzumi is slick, violently beautiful and appeals directly to the lower sensations. But just because it thrills doesn't necessarily mean it's artless. |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaSempre auto-indulgente, Kitamura estende o filme além do ideal e dilui o impacto das boas seqüências de ação. Sua sorte é ter Aya Ueto, que mantém o público interessado. |
| Filmcritic.comDavid ThomasIt's the characters that give this story life |
| The Age (Australia)Philippa Hawker[Ueto's] lightness works in her favour at times, and is readily incorporated into the kinetic energy of the film, culminating in a crowded finale. |
| Boxoffice MagazineWade MajorUeto -- who was only a teenager when the film was made -- is no great actress, but her impressive agility and magnetic presence provide director Ryuhei Kitamura a perfect centerpiece around which to orchestrate his blistering ballet of blood. |
| culturevulture.netGeorge WuIt's a B-movie through and through and its indulgences come from loving the genre too much, not bracketing it with postmodern quotation marks. |
| New York TimesManohla DargisThe director, Ryuhei Kitamura, whose earlier films include the cult film "Versus," brings nothing new to the samurai-swordsman game other than some styling shorts for the whelps and a miniskirt for Azumi. |