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Aragami

Aragami

2003Movie⏱️ 1h 18m
ActionFantasyHorror
6.6
IMDB Rating
2,365 votes

A raging god of battle and a master samurai duke it out in a series of sword fights in a remote temple.

Director
Ryûhei Kitamura
Writers
Shôichirô Masumoto, Ryûhei Kitamura, Ryûichi Takatsu
Stars
Takao Osawa, Masaya Katô, Kanae Uotani
Release Date
April 29, 2004
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
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💬 25
Reviews
📋 1.7K
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🎭 Top Cast

Takao Osawa
Takao Osawa
as The Samurai
Masaya Katô
Masaya Katô
as Aragami
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Kanae Uotani
as The Woman
Tak Sakaguchi
Tak Sakaguchi
as The Future challenger
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Hideo Sakaki
as The Samurai's Friend

🎬 Technical Specs

Sound
DTS-Stereo
Sound
DTS
Color
Color
Production
Amuse, DUEL Film Partners, Micott

🏷️ Keywords

character name as titleone word titletwo handersamuraisword fight

🎯 Categories

JapaneseActionFantasyHorror

⭐ Featured Review

Pretty Cool
by rstehli2004-10-07
9/10

"Yeah this movie is about the Aragami, who is immortal, and his quest for death. He tricks a warrior into becoming immortal as well, and they fight it out. 1 room, two actors, many fights. A very cool movie, maybe not quite up to par with this director's other work, but still fun to watch. The plot is surprisingly well developed, but some ideas in the fights are recycled from other films. While the movie starts out slow, it actually has a plot that you can understand, unlike many Japanese movies that deal with any type of mythology. I guess you could call the movie serious, but it has a se..."

💡 Did You Know?

Yukihiko Tsutsumi and Ryûhei Kitamura each finished their contributions to the short film anthology Jam Films (2002) in record time. As a result producer Shin'ya Kawai gave the two directors a proposal to each create a feature length movie with only two actors, battling in one setting and filmed entirely in one week. The undertaking was called the Duel Project. This was Ryuhei Kitamura's result and Yukihiko Tsutsumi's 2LDK (2003).

📖 Synopsis

A raging god of battle and a master samurai duke it out in a series of sword fights in a remote temple.