Azumi Duology DVDrip {Big_A_Little_A} {Samurai RG}

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Azumi
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Movie Information

Release year..........: 2003
Genre.................: Action/Adventure/Drama
IMDb rating...........: 6.9/10
IMDB Link.............: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384819/
Language..............: Japanese
Subtitles.............: English Hardcoded

Duration..............: 2h 3mn
Source................: DVD R2
Format................: MPEG-4
Format/Info...........: Base Media V2
File size.............: 694 MB
Overall bit rate......: 789 Kbps
Writing application...: HandBrake 0.9.5




Video/Audio Attributes

Format................: AVC
Format profile........: High@L3.0
Codec ID..............: avc1
Bit rate..............: 630 Kbps
Width.................: 682 pixels
Height................: 528 pixels
Display aspect ratio..: 16:9
Frame rate............: 24.819 fps
Color space...........: YUV
Chroma subsampling....: 4:2:0
Bit depth.............: 8 bits
Scan type.............: Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)....: 0.070
Writing library.......: x264 core 112

Format................: MPEG Audio
Format Profile........: Layer 3
Codec ID..............: 69
Bit rate mode.........: Variable
Bit rate..............: 154 Kbps
Channel(s)............: 2 channels
Channel positions.....: Front: L R
Sampling rate.........: 48.0 KHz
Compression mode......: Lossy




Plot summary

Orphaned as a little girl, Azumi (Aya Ueto) is raised in the forest with a group of ten children by their master (Yoshio Harada), who trains them to be peerless assassins. Azumi and Nachi (Shun Oguri) are the strongest of the fighters. When the group comes of age, the master gives them one final test. He tells them to team up with the person to whom they feel closest.
Then he tells them to kill that person, explaining that an assassin never gets to choose whom to kill. The teens reluctantly fight to the death. Then the survivors are brought out of the woods to begin their work, assassinating the corrupt warlords who are preventing peace in the land. The assassins, particularly Azumi, perform their missions with flair, but complications
arise.

One of the teens (Takatoshi Kaneko) is poisoned by a ninja's blade, one (Kenji Kohashi) falls in love with a circus performer (Aya Okamoto), and Azumi begins to question her desire to live the violent life of an assassin. Meanwhile, one warlord (Naoto Takenaka) cleverly escapes their blades, and together with his bodyguard Kenbei (Kazuki Kitamura) and a "monkey-faced" ninja, Saru (Minoru Matsumoto), they find Bijomaru (Jô Odagiri from Bright Future), a violent madman, release him from prison, and unleash him upon the young team of assassins.

Azumi, based on the manga by Yu Koyama, is the first of cult director Ryuhei Kitamura's (Versus) films to be made within the Japanese studio system. It was shown at the 2004 New York Asian Film Festival, presented by Subway Cinema.




Production

Ryuhei Kitamura........: Director
Mataichiro Yamamoto....: Producer
Toshiaki Nakazawa......: Producer
Isao Kiriyama..........: Screenwriter
Rikiya Mizushima.......: Screenwriter
Takumi Furuya..........: Cinematographer
Taro Iwashiro..........: Composer (Music Score)
Shuichi Kakesu.........: Editor
Yoshinobu Nishioka.....: Art Director
Yuji Hayashida.........: Art Director




Cast

Aya Ueto............: Azumi
Kenji Kohashi.......: Hyûga
Hiroki Narimiya.....: Ukiha
Takatoshi Kaneko....: Amagi
Yûma Ishigaki.......: Nagara
Yasuomi Sano........: Yura
Shinji Suzuki.......: Awa
Eita Eita........: Hiei
Shôgo Yamaguchi.....: Komoru
Shun Oguri..........: Nachi
Jô Odagiri..........: Bijomaru Mogami
Aya Okamoto.........: Yae
Minoru Matsumoto....: Tobizaru
Hideo Sakaki........: Nagato
Ken'ichi Endô.......: Sajiki Isshin

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Azumi 2
Death or Love
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Movie Information

Release year..........: 2005
Genre.................: Action
IMDb rating...........: 6.2/10
IMDB Link.............: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431641/
Language..............: Japanese
Subtitles.............: English Softcoded and .srt

Duration..............: 1h 48mn
Source................: DVD R2
Format................: MPEG-4
Format/Info...........: Base Media V2
File size.............: 609 MB
Overall bit rate......: 789 Kbps
Writing application...: HandBrake 0.9.5/Yamb 2.1.0.0




Video/Audio Attributes

Format................: AVC
Format profile........: High@L3.0
Codec ID..............: avc1
Bit rate..............: 630 Kbps
Width.................: 720 pixels
Height................: 554 pixels
Display aspect ratio..: 16:9
Frame rate............: 25.000 fps
Color space...........: YUV
Chroma subsampling....: 4:2:0
Bit depth.............: 8 bits
Scan type.............: Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)....: 0.063
Writing library.......: x264 core 112

Format................: MPEG Audio
Format Profile........: Layer 3
Codec ID..............: 69
Bit rate mode.........: Variable
Bit rate..............: 154 Kbps
Channel(s)............: 2 channels
Channel positions.....: Front: L R
Sampling rate.........: 48.0 KHz
Compression mode......: Lossy




Plot summary

Azumi 2:Death or Love(Azumi Tsū Desu oa Rabu) is the sequel to the Japanese film Azumi based on the manga series by Yū Koyama.

Azumi 2 continues shortly after the end of the previous film with Aya Ueto returning in the title role of a young assassin charged with keeping the nation from falling into a new civil war.
Azumi and her only remaining colleague Nagara (Yuma Ishigaki) find themselves hunted by ninjas hired by General Kanbei for the assassinations they have carried out. One of which is the killing of his master. They hid temporarily in a temple so Nagara can heal his wounds sustained from their recent encounter. Azumi comes across some bandits led by Ginkaku, a young bandit who bears a striking resemblance to Azumi's former friend (and love interest) Nachi. Later, Azumi and Nagara are found by the ninja working for Gessai (Yoshio Harada), upon whose orders the assassins initially began their mission. After discussing it with Gessai, Azumi and Nagara leave to seek out their final target, Sanada Masayuki (Mikijiro Hira). On their mission they are accompanied by a squad of government ninja, among them a young woman named Kozue (Chiaki Kuriyama).

Meanwhile, Kanbei Inoue (Kazuki Kitamura) assembles a large force of mercenary soldiers, ninja and bandits to try and avenge the death of his master Kiyomasa Kato. Amongst them are Ginkaku (Shun Oguri) and his brother, Kinkaku (Kenichi Endou). Azumi and the others are ambushed in a deserted town, but during the battle Ginkaku's bandits change sides and join Azumi. Azumi and the others then return to Ginkaku's village, where they are looked upon with distaste for their occupation. Azumi is torn by her attachment to Ginkaku, but on Nagara's urging they separate paths.




Production

Shusuke Kaneko........: Director
Mata Yamamoto.........: Producer
Toshiaki Nakazawa.....: Producer
Rikiya Mizushima......: Screenwriter
Yoshiaki Kawajiri.....: Screenwriter
Yoshitaka Sakamoto....: Cinematographer
Eiji Kawamura.........: Composer (Music Score)
Shuichi Kakesu........: Editor
Hisao Inagaki.........: Production Designer




Cast

Aya Ueto.............: Azumi
Yûma Ishigaki........: Nagara
Chiaki Kuriyama......: Kozue
Shun Oguri...........: Ginkaku
Ken'ichi Endô........: Kinkaku (as Kenichi Endou)
Kai Shishido.........: Hanzou
Eugene Nomura........: Samurai Z
Tak Sakaguchi........: Tsuchi-gumo
Shôichirô Masumoto...: Saburouta
Kenji Takechi........: Kiheita
Ai Maeda.............: Chiyo
Toshie Negishi.......: Yone
Toshiya Nagasawa.....: Sanada
Shigeru Kôyama.......: Nankou-bou Tenkai
Kazuki Kitamura......: Kanbei Inoue



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Date of post.......: 27.10.2011