Title: Dororo
Type: Film
Country: Japan
Genre: Fantasy, Suspense, Samurai, Hero, Post Apocalyptic, Historial
Airing Date: 2007
Cast: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Ko Shibasaki
Rating: 8.7/10.0
A highly entertaining quest involving a female warrior (Shibasaki) who joined a young samurai's deadly fights to recover his body parts from demons, Dororo (どろろ) combines humor and horror.
The male protagonist, Hyakkimaru, a seemingly normal lad was a limbless and organless infant abandoned and afloat via Moses-like inside a bamboo basket. That is until he was rescued and practically resurrected through some unusual form of surgery and sorcery.
Satoshi Tsumabuki, a popular boyish looking actor blends effectively into his character but it is Yoshio Harada as Jukai, a wizard doc with a limited screen time who represents the heart of the movie. As he tranformed Hyakkimaru into a pseudo-human, he did more for Hyakkimaru than what poor Frankenstein had. A heart and soul.
Tahomaru (by actor Eita) was likable until he found out the truth about Hyakkimaru then he turned out to be selfish and downright foolish. Nakai, Kiichi as Kagemitsu Daigo was more or less made-to-be-hated as the evil conqueror who pledged his soul and family to the demons.
This epic from Osamu Tezuka was adapted from his novel and animated cartoon into a live-action film in 2007. The production was pretty interesting. The special effects alternate between amatuerish 2-D and amazing 3-D animated feel, of which the reason I have yet to figure out. And at first, the Daigo castle appeared rather odd, a post-apocalyptic structure which stood in defiance against backdrop setting in ancient samurai times. However, it made sense as the theme surrounding this oddly endearing story explores the depths of choices and the deceptions of spiritual realms as good and evil fought for supremacy. Strange and smart , Dororo has a 8.7/10 rating.
| Directed by | Akihiko Shiota |
|---|---|
| Written by | Osamu Tezuka (comic) Masa Nakamura Akihiko Shiota (screenplay) |
| Produced by | Takashi Hirano |
| Starring | Satoshi Tsumabuki Kō Shibasaki |
| Cinematography | Takahide Shibanushi |
| Edited by | Toshihide Fukano |
| Music by | Goro Yasukawa Yutaka Fukuoka |
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Running time | 139 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Budget | ¥2 billion ($18.9 million) |
| Box office | ¥3.45 billion[1] |
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