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Red Blade (2018)
Directed by Takahiro Ishihara
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Living a troubled home-life, a teenager becomes so stressed out with everything around her that she disappears into a series of fantasy-related books. While trying to escape her situation, she soon finds herself living in feudal Japan with a ninja master and his students who inform her that she’s in a separate dimension from her regular life and are to help train together in the way of the ninja. When the training’s complete, the girls learn that an evil warlord that left them orphans has intentions on killing them all as well, forcing the girls to team up together with all their training to defeat the madman and live in peace again.
Length 85 minutes
Actors
Yuka Ogura | Kanon Hanakage | Himena Tsukimiya | Joey Iwanaga | Satsuki Mine | Kana Tokue | Ryoko Sakimura | Hideo Sakaki | Tak Sakaguchi
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/10/2020 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 5.5 stars |
| (Average) 5.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
A movie starring Tak Sakaguchi, written by Sion Sono, and a piss poor rating on TMDb? Sounds like 100 percent my thing!
This movie should’ve been called SCHOOL GIRL NINJA b/c that’s really what’s going on here. A school girl is transported back to feudal Japan and meets a couple of kunoichi and their master (Tak), and she trains to become one of them. The modern world and the feudal world begin to merge and the school girl seeks revenge on the man that wronged her family. This seems like a story Sion Sono would write. I just wish he had directed it. It’s not weird enough.
RED BLADE is not a very good movie but it is quite fascinating. I’m not sure of the audience bc at times it feels very Super Sentai goofy and wholesome. Other times it’s quite violent (plus there’s some odd fan service). The girls do well at being novice ninja and it’s fun to see them in action. Tak has gotten a little puffy in his older age but he can still kick ass and look great doing it. I’m so very happy it didn’t retire and continues to make movies, even ones like this one (or KINGDOM) where he’s not the lead. I just love him so much. I cannot wait to see his 77 minute one-take battle in Crazy Samurai Musashi.
I wouldn’t recommend this movie to anyone but Tak completists. If it got a home video release I would definitely own it.
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