Aragami (2003)
Genre: Action / Fantasy
Duration: 70 minuten
Country:
Japan
Directed by: Ryuhei Kitamura
Stars: Takao Osawa, Masaya Katô and Kanae Uotani
IMDb score:
6,6 (2.368)
Releasedate: 27 March 2003
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Aragami plot
In ancient Japan, two samurai flee into an ancient temple to escape their enemies. Once inside they fall asleep from exhaustion. When one of the samurai wakes up, he finds to his greatest surprise that his wounds have healed miraculously. He meets his rescuer - a mysterious man who tells him that his friend has died from his injuries. After persuading the samurai to stay overnight, the mysterious man tells the legend of the Tengu: a goblin that feeds on human flesh...
Actors and actresses
Samurai
Aragami
Woman
The Future Challenger
The Samurai's Friend
Reviews & comments
Donkerwoud
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- 8696 messages
- 3961 votes
Minimalist cinema unfortunately doesn't go well with a weird Matrix plot, it makes a movie clumsy and stupid. And that's the case here too...
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Onderhond
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- 87623 messages
- 12890 votes
Nice review.
It remains strange that this was a filler project for both directors. That limitations often stimulate creativity is of course nothing new, but this double project is a very nice example of that. Aragami is very basic, but thanks to Kitamura's tight direction it has become a very nice film.
There's not much to be gained in terms of plot, it's basically just one big build-up to a final battle. But Kitamura knows how to build up the tension perfectly, and despite the fact that the location itself doesn't offer all that many possibilities to make it a dynamic battle, the direction solves that skillfully.
Actors are competent (which is nice, since you're stuck with it for 80 minutes), the action is ultimately pretty cool and as a bonus you get a very cool cameo. It's not really great cinema, but it is very good genre cinema, especially considering all the restrictions
4.0* and an extensive review
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Shadowed
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- 11421 messages
- 6719 votes
Very nice, this film about the build-up to a final battle. Especially after the previous projects of director Ryûhei Kitamura this is again a small improvement, especially because it is less focused on ambition and more on pure entertainment. The characters are also well acted, but a bit too theatrically portrayed. Takao Osawa in particular is regularly guilty of overacting, which means that the build-up is not free of dead and boring moments. Fortunately, the patience of the viewer is rewarded and Kitamura pulls out all the stops with the finale. The rolling cameras and creative fighting techniques provide a lot of profit in Aragami, which I as a viewer can enjoy optimally. The previous 50 minutes are of lesser quality, but all in all it is at least a pleasant piece of entertainment.
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