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Cast
| Kazuya Nakayama | ... |
Okada Izo
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| Kaori Momoi | ... |
Saya
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| Ryûhei Matsuda | ... |
His Highness
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Ryôsuke Miki | ... |
Hanpeita
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| Yûya Uchida | ... |
Second Man
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Masumi Okada | ... |
Chief of the Palace
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| Hiroki Matsukata | ... |
Yakuza Boss
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Hiroshi Katsuno |
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Masato | ... |
Ronin
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| Takeshi Kitano | ... |
Chancellor
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Daijirô Harada |
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Chisato Amate |
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Takeshi Caesar |
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| Joe Cappelletti | ... |
Hanpeita (voice)
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Mickey Curtis | ... |
(as Mikkî Kâchisu)
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| Ken'ichi Endô | ... |
Spearman torturing the crucified Izo
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| Michael Forest | ... |
Samurai (voice)
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| Jessica Gee-George | ... |
Izo's Mother (voice)
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Ryûji Harada |
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| Kate Higgins | ... |
Teacher (voice)
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| Megan Hollingshead | ... |
Saya (voice)
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Yûdai Ishiyama |
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Tsurutarô Kataoka | ... |
Warlord
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| Kirin Kiki | ... |
Izo's Mother
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Shigeo Kobayashi |
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Miyuki Komagata |
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| Steve Kramer | ... |
Man with Voice Box (voice)
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| Dave Mallow | ... |
Doctor (voice)
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Kazuhiro Mashiko |
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| Michael McConnohie | ... |
Yakuza Leader (voice)
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Yasukaze Motomiya |
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Hiroyuki Nagato | ... |
Great Priest
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Mari Nakayama | ... |
Woman in Attendance
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| Liam O'Brien | ... |
Prince (voice)
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| Ken Ogata | ... |
Swordsman
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Mitsuhiro Oikawa |
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| Sam Riegel | ... |
Izo (voice)
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| Christopher Corey Smith | ... |
Businessman (voice)
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Harumi Sone |
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| Melodee Spevack | ... |
Original Mother (voice)
(as Melodee M. Spevack)
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| Doug Stone | ... |
VIP (voice)
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| Kim Strauss | ... |
High Official (voice)
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| Shun Sugata | ... |
Monk Soldier
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Haruna Takase | ... |
Lucky Mother
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Teah |
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| Susumu Terajima |
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| Kirk Thornton | ... |
Prime Minister (voice)
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Kazuki Tomokawa | ... |
Folk Singer
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Hitoshi Yamaguchi |
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| Tarô Yamamoto |
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Joe Yamanaka |
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| Rikiya Yasuoka | ... |
Lender
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Hideji Ôtaki |
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Directed by
| Takashi Miike | ||
Written by
| Shigenori Takechi | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
| Taizô Fukumaki | ... | producer: KSS/Kei Esu Esu |
| Fujio Matsushima | ... | producer: Excellent Film/Ekuserento Firumu |
| Kazuyoshi Okuyama | ... | supervising producer |
Music by
| Kôji Endô | ||
Cinematography by
| Nobuyuki Fukazawa | ||
Editing by
| Yasushi Shimamura | ||
Visual Effects by
| Yuichi Yamamoto | ... | cgi artist: OLM digital |
Stunts
| Federico Benvenuti | ... | stunt performer |
| Ravindra Pratap Singh Ricky | ... | stunts |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Takashi Sugimoto | ... | gaffer |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Team Okuyama (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
- KSS (2004) (Japan) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Omuro Pictures (advertising)
- Omuro Pictures (distribution cooperation)
- Toei Kyoto Movie Studio (sound stages)
- Yokocine D.I.A. (35 mm transfer)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
We begin in 1865, when the Shogunate is on its last legs, but still capable of punishing its enemies. One is Izo (Kazuya Nakayama), an assassin in the service of Hanpeida (Ryosuke Miki), a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo, where he finds himself one with the city's homeless. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine, his entire soul still enraged by his treatment in his past life. His response to the powers-that-be, whose predecessors put him to death, is the sword. Written by nightwatch |
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Did You Know?
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Half Past Midnight (2015). See more » |