Blade of the Immortal directed by Takashi Miike and written by Tetsuya Oishi is an action, drama, samurai movie. It is about Manji (Takuya Kimura) who was cursed and is an immortal samurai. He is hired as a bodyguard by Rin (Hana Sugisaki) to avenge her fathers death.
This story is unique, and mesmerizing. An immortal samurai is a great concept, and it works so well. One reason it works so well is that since he is immortal they do show our protagonist getting hurt. He isn't so amazing that you lose interest because you know no one can touch him. However I do think to much of the story is moved along by stupid decisions Rin makes. They aren't decisions that could be forgiven because she is a kid, she should still no better.
The action in this movie look amazing, and there is plenty of it. There are many blood soaked fights but it just adds to the story instead of taking it away. I do wish I felt more of an emotion towards the characters but some is still there. The story has a great concept and the only flaw of the story is some of the decisions made by Rin. Besides that this is an amazing samurai movie.
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