Ashura (DVD, 2006) Yojiro Takita NEW

Ashura-jo no Hitomi (\u963F\u4FEE\u7F85\u57CE\u306E\u77B3)\n--\nEnglish Titles: \""Ashura\"" or \""Ashura: Demon Castle\"" or \""The Eye of Ashura\"" or \""Blood Gets in Your Eye\""\n--\nDirector: Yojiro Takita (Yes, the same director of \""Departures\""!)\n--\nStars: Somegoro Ichikawa, Rie Miyazawa, Kanako Higuchi, Atsuro Watabe, Fumiya Fujii\n--\nRelease Year: 2005\n--\nGenre: Fantasy, Period Drama, Action, Supernatural\nSummary:\nThis is a visually spectacular Japanese fantasy film based on a popular stage play by Hideki Noda. It's set in the Edo period (17th century) of Japan, amidst a backdrop of demons and the forces that hunt them.\nSomegoro Ichikawa plays Izumo, a former demon hunter who has forsaken his past and now works in a theatre. He falls in love with Tsubaki (Rie Miyazawa), a beautiful and mysterious woman who, unbeknownst to him, is actually the reincarnation of the Demon Princess Ashura, destined to bring about chaos and destruction when she fully awakens.\nAs demons begin to.