February 21, 2009
As usual with Kitamura, too much build up and weak pay-off.
Aragami
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Aragami
Takao Osawa, Masaya Kato, Kanae Uotani
A raging god of battle and a master samurai duke it out in a series of sword fights in a remote temple.
Id: 9166666
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August 7, 2009If Akira Kurosawa and Rod Serling made a movie together, and Neil Gaiman was asked to update the screenplay for a remake, this would be it. It's a short B film and incredibly artsy. If you've seen "Versus", you'll notice that Kitamura seems to be stuck on a certain concept. Masay...( read more)
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September 16, 2008The fighting was good, the story dragged a bit, but like all films from this director, the ending leaves you wanting more.
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June 12, 2008Plenty of fun but by no means Kitamura's masterpiece. They had a great idea, there are no faults in the acting and who doesn't love a nice claustrophobic samurai movie? The problem is, such confined sets need to be compensated for with substance, and there are not enough layers t...( read more)
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May 26, 20088/10 It was a dark and stormy night....
Short film..but is more of a good thing then a bad. Director(Kitamura) has a bad habbit in all of his films of building...building some more...build after that...LETS GO CRAZY..nope just kidding..keep building..Till you want th...( read more) -
March 25, 2008One half of 'The Duel Project'.
This film had to be shot in seven days. Using three cast members, one set and have the one premise, a fight to the death!! I enjoyed it, but then i like these kinda films anyway. The sword fights were good also! Which is always a plus with me. T...( read more) -
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February 29, 2008Unfortunately loses a halfstar for the "Great Potential" ending that doesn't get shown and the fact it takes so long to get to the final fight. However, the slow burn is really nice if you have no idea what the movie is about. And the combat - sweetness. :D
