Izo (2004) Japan
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Director:Takashi Miike
Studio:Tokyo Shock
Producer:Fujio Matsushima, Kazuyoshi Okuyama, Taizô Fukumaki
Writer:Shigenori Takechi
Rating:3
Rated:NR
Date Added:2006-06-12
Purchased On:2006-12-06
ASIN:B000AC7P3S
UPC:0631595052886
Price:$29.95
Awards:1 win & 1 nomination
Genre:Action & Adventure
Release:2005-11-10
IMDb:0377079
Duration:128
Aspect Ratio:1.85 : 1
Sound:Unknown
Languages:English, Japanese, Unknown
Subtitles:English
Features:Dubbed
Subtitled
Takashi Miike  ...  (Director)
Shigenori Takechi  ...  (Writer)
 
Kazuya Nakayama  ...  Okada Izo
Kaori Momoi  ...  
Ryuhei Matsuda  ...  (as Ryuuhei Matsuda)
Ryôsuke Miki  ...  
Yuya Uchida  ...  
Masumi Okada  ...  
Hiroki Matsukata  ...  
Hiroshi Katsuno  ...  
Masato  ...  
Bob Sapp  ...  
Takeshi Kitano  ...  (as 'Bîto' Takeshi)
Daijiro Harada  ...  
Daisaku Akino  ...  
Chisato Amate  ...  
Mickey Curtis  ...  (as Mikkî Kâchisu)
Kenichi Endo  ...  (as Ken'ichi Endou)
Ryuuji Harada  ...  
Yoshio Harada  ...  
Renji Ishibashi  ...  
Tsurutaro Kataoka  ...  
Kirin Kiki  ...  
Kazuhiro Mashiko  ...  
Hiroyuki Nagato  ...  
Mari Nakayama  ...  
Ken Ogata  ...  
Mitsuhiro Oikawa  ...  
Hideji Otaki  ...  
Tokitoshi Shiota  ...  
Shun Sugata  ...  
Haruna Takase  ...  
Teah  ...  
Susumu Terajima  ...  
Kazuki Tomokawa  ...  
Taro Yamamoto  ...  
Joe Yamanaka  ...  
Rikiya Yasuoka  ...  
Ryûhei Matsuda  ...  (as Ryuuhei Matsuda)
Yûya Uchida  ...  
Taisaku Akino  ...  
Nobuyuki Fukazawa  ...  Cinematographer
Yasushi Shimamura  ...  Editor
Daijirô Harada  ...  
Takeshi Caesar  ...  
Summary: We begin in 1865, when the Shogunate is on its last legs, but still capable of punishing its enemies. One is Izo (Kazuya Nakayama), an assassin in the service of Hanpeida (Ryosuke Miki), a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo, where he finds himself one with the city's homeless. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine, his entire soul still enraged by his treatment in his past life. His response to the powers-that-be, whose predecessors put him to death, is the sword.