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Blade of the Immortal (2008)
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Original name: 無限の住人
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, History, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Story:
Blade of the Immortal is a Japanese manga series by Hiroaki Samura. The series is set in Japan during the mid-Tokugawa Shogunate period and follows the cursed samurai Manji, who has to kill 1000 evil men in order to regain his mortality. The manga was originally published in Afternoon from June 25, 1993 – December 25, 2012. A 2008 anime adaption was produced Bee Train and Production I.G. Also in 2008, the novel Blade of the Immortal: Legend of the Sword Demon was released in the United States by Dark Horse Comics.
Style:
anime, exciting, tense, rough, serious, captivating, adult anime
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
samurai, danger, battles, master warrior, rivalry, imaginary, obsessive quest, superhuman powers, heroes, escapades, vengeance, redemption, poisoning, healing power, martial arts, kung fu, nun, group of criminals, lone wolves, revenge, fight, violence, death, murder, immortality ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
japan, asia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, exciting, serious and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about heroes, danger, rivalry, escapades, master warrior, battles and martial arts mostly in Animation, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like Blade of the Immortal: Sword of the Stranger (2007), Afro Samurai (2007), Shigurui: Death Frenzy (2007), Ninja Scroll (1993), Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 103 min.
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Duration: 26 min.
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A Black samurai goes on a mission to avenge the wrongful death of his father in a futuristic feudal Japan.In the Afro Samurai world there are many headbands and they signify the best fighters in the world. If a person should hold number 1, they are ...
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Country: Japan
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Duration: 25 min.
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