Stunningly Badass Red-Band Trailer For Takashi Miike's Martial Arts Film BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL
It seems like it's been a long time since I've seen a new martial arts film that has wowed me. Well, it looks like Takashi Miike's Blade of the Immortal is going to offer something martial arts fans something completely awesome! A new red-band trailer for the film was released today and it looks like a stunning and badass movie!
The film is a live-action adaptation of the manga series created by Hiroaki Samura and it looks jaw-droppingly amazing! This is also Miike’s 100th movie and as you'll see, he has given us something special for his hundredth movie.
The story is set during the mid-Tokugawa Shogunate period, and it centers on an immortal swordsman "who will not be able to lift his curse of everlasting life until 1000 evildoers feel the cut of his steel". Here's the official synopsis:
Samurai Manji has taken a lot of lives, both innocent and guilty, and now lives life in feudal Japan as a criminal. After being cursed with immortality until he kills enough evil men, Manji meets a young girl who enlists him to be her body-guard. Swearing loyalty, protection and vengeance against the group of sword fighters who slaughtered her family, the unlikely duo set on a remarkable quest to make right against those who did them wrong.
Magnet will release Blade of the Immortal in theaters on November 3, 2017.