# Azumi (2003)

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**Original title**: *あずみ*
**Runtime**: 128 min
**Genres**: Adventure, Drama, Action, Thriller, Romance
**Directed by**: Ryuhei Kitamura
**Written by**: Isao Kiriyama
**Starring**: Aya Ueto, Kenji Kohashi, Hiroki Narimiya, Takatoshi Kaneko, Yuma Ishigaki, Yasuomi Sano

> *From The Ravages of War Raises An Assassin.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Mountains. Thirty years since the last battle. A single blade.
Ten orphans raised as killers, trained to bring peace via stealth and murder. One young woman survives the brutal final test.
Kitamura's manga adaptation is a blood-soaked, pre- Tarantino actioner.

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