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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Oneechanbara : The Movie

Genre: Action, Fantasy
Starring: Satoshi Hakuzen, Manami Hashimoto, Ai Hazuki
Release year: 2008
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English

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SYNOPSIS:
The countryside is overrun by zombies, with only a few pockets of survivors just scraping by here and there. One such person is Aya, the next to the last member of a clan gifted in the ways of the sword, who thusly handles the undead with relative ease, though she has her sights on her younger sister, Saki, for the murder of their father.
By Aya's side is Katsuji who has had similar hardships; his kid sister has been kidnapped by the evil D3 corporation and the zombie it's created, and he too is out for revenge.
Later they meet another ass-kicking lady shows up, Reiko, who wages war with a sawed off shot-gun. After the zombies are done away with, they immediately set their sights on each other. But Aya's cowardly and bumbling, yet lovable assistant Katsuji manages to convince each other that they're all fighting for the same thing, and a truce is formed.

RATING: 7.5/10
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REVIEW:
" Even for a video game flick, none of it is hardly groundbreaking or incredible, but the Beauty Chanbara does have its merit, and a certain degree of charm. The players do their jobs well enough; not to be sexist, but the female leads are designed to appeal to a mostly male audience, which is more than accomplished ...
...The zombie make up is more than serviceable, and the CGI effects aren't offensive, on a low-budget scale that is. The most annoying had to be Aya's tattoo on her arm, which is clearly a piece of plastic, just looking to get peeled off. Otherwise, once again: zombies, swordplay, cute Japanese girls. The choice is yours."

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