“Although the word ‘overkill’ can be used to describe practically any of Takashi Miike’s films,” begins
Maggie Lee in
Variety, “in some ways, the director’s brutal, 2-hour sword-fight fantasy
Blade of the Immortal takes the notion to another . . .
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