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Izo (Special Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Media Blasters
EAN: 9781586557089
Format: Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 1586557084
Item Dimensions: 44
Label: Tokyo Shock
Languages: English (Original Language), Japanese (Original Language), English (Subtitled), English (Dubbed),
Manufacturer: Tokyo Shock
MPN: TSDVD-0528
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Tokyo Shock
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 11, 2005
Running Time: 128 minutes
Studio: Tokyo Shock
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
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Editorial Review:
We begin in 1865 when the Shogunate is on its last legs but still capable of punishing its enemies. One is Izo (Kazuya Nakayama) an assassin in the service of Hanpeida (Ryosuke Miki) a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo where his finds himself one with the city's homeless. Here Izo transforms himself into a new improved killing machine his entire soul still enraged by his treatment in his past life. His response to the powers-that-be whose predecessors put him to death is the sword.DVD Features:Available Subtitles: EnglishAvailable Audio Tracks: English (Unknown Format) Japanese (Unknown Format)Interview with director Takashi MiikeMaking of IzoSecrets of IzoOriginal trailersSystem Requirements:Running Time 128 MinsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE UPC: 631595052886 Manufacturer No: TSDVD-0528
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Miike's masterpiece
It's hard to be familiar with the movies of Takashi Miike. Despite seeing the majority of his films released in America (and even a few that have yet to be released here), it's hard not to feel like I've lost something in translation. I can appreciate the humor, the violence, the plotlines, etc but there are usually parts that confuse me, and his movies typically require repeated watchings. It's not that I'm particularly new to the films he creates or the films of Japanese directors in general ("Tetsuo" ... Read More
Rating:  - I am a spirit seeking vengeance
Wow, another demented head trip by Miike. I'm not exactly sure what I just watched, but I know it was great.
You've got the fierce warrior Izo, who is brutally murdered and then his soul seeks some closure. Or rest. But his spirit is denied at the gates of both heaven and hell. So the soul wanders aimlessly, trapped within himself, feeling eternally restless and bitter. He then embarks on a ruthless rampage of death, destruction, and mayhem that is visually spectacular.
The plot linear structure ... Read More
Rating: - Transrational Masterpiece!
This film stands in a VERY select group of films that manage to achieve both a cinematic and a philosophical brilliance. This one goes right up there with 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Matrix trilogy, The Fountain, The Seventh Seal, The Holy Mountain, El Topo, and Jacob's Ladder. I felt very lucky to have seen such a beautiful film. It's a true artistic achievement.
Rating:  - A movie full of sword fights that manages to be unbelievably boring
I almost watched this movie to its entirety when I finally just could not take being bored further. I was even fast-forwarding through the last 20 minutes in case anything interesting happened. Nothing did.
Afterwards, I couldn't stop thinking how awful this movie is. The entire movie is quite literally: sword fight, mumble some half-baked philosophies on life slowly and deliberately, repeat. I just can't stop thinking about how every aspect of this movie disappointed me. Even the sword fights are stupid ... Read More
Rating:  - uh..........
I suggest watching the original version: Sword of Doom - which is amazing. A lot less acid is involved, and less cliche. Izo is a rent, at best.
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