Yes, da freue ich mich doch mächtig drauf, obwohl der Regisseur gewechselt hat... :?
Immerhin bleibt Aya Ueto, zusätzlich noch paar andere Gesichter, aber lest selber:
Shusuke Kaneko tackles AZUMI 2
This past weekend, three-time Gamera/one-time Godzilla director Shusuke Kaneko revealed to FANGORIA that he will be helming AZUMI 2. Back as the titular female assassin of feudal Japan is Aya Ueto, with a supporting cast that includes KILL BILL’s Chiaki Kuriyama and BATTLE ROYALE II’s Ai Maeda.
A follow-up to last year’s AZUMI (pictured), directed by Ryuhei (VERSUS) Kitamura, the story begins soon after the events of that film, with the sword-wielding Azumi now pitted against newly installed Tokugawa government rival Masayuki Sanada (played by Mikijiro Hira). Azumi must battle and defeat Sanada’s killer ninja squad in order to maintain national unity, lest Japan fall back into a fractured nation state.
”My aim is to make AZUMI 2 not only an exciting action film, but to infuse it with a deep emotional content,” Kaneko explains. “Part of the appeal in doing this movie is that I am able to mix fictitious characters like Azumi with that of historical figures such as Sanada. As one of my great passions is this period of Japanese history, I am very pleased to be a part of this project.”
Shooting cranks up this Thursday, April 15 in the city of Kyoto. The production will briefly move to Hiroshima before an expected wrap around the middle of June. The movie is scheduled for a January 2005 theatrical release in Japan.