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Blade of the Immortal Live-Action Film Opens in Indonesia This Month
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Indonesian cinema chain CGV Cinemas Indonesia announced on Saturday that it will open Takashi Miike's live-action film of Hiroaki Samura's Blade of the Immortal manga in Indonesia this month.
The film premiered in Japan on April 29, and hosted its international premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, which was held from May 17-28. The film ranked at #6 in Japan in its opening weekend, selling 145,000 tickets and earning 189 million yen (about US$1.68 million).
Samura's original Blade of the Immortal manga follows Manji's journey of revenge as the yōjinbō (bodyguard) of Rin, a young woman who swears vengeance against a group of sword fighters who murdered her parents.
The film's lead actors include Takuya Kimura and Hana Sugisaki. Kimura (Howl's Moving Castle, Redline, live-action Space Battleship Yamato) plays the lead character Manji, a rōnin warrior cursed with an immortal body. Sugisaki (When Marnie Was There, live-action Humanoid Monster Bem, Tsukuroi Tatsu Hito) plays both the heroine Rin Asano and Manji's sister Machi. Miike (Ichi the Killer, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Yatterman, As the Gods Will, Crows) directed the film.
