http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo-gGes6qig&NR=1
After watching this I won’t ever need to see another movie for as long as I live. It has everything.
I absolutely love the Japanese
The bust machine guns was cool…good one gunnar.
Was that a menstrual gun at one point being shown? Gross.
I watched the preview twice. It looks like some unfortunate gal took a sword in the hoo-ha.
The ad is hilarious, and I’ll probably be hunting the film down because I just NEED TO KNOW what else this masterpiece of cinema contains. But part of me asks myself, “Do I really need another 87 minutes of this?”
I love the computer animation. It’s so flawless you can hardly tell when it’s being used.
If you find it, let me know.
There was a link to where I can buy it, I think. If I pick it up I’ll definitely be posting a review.
One of the comments also mentioned picking it up on Netflix. I don’t use Netflix, but if anyone else does, that would enable them to see the film without having to buy it or get stuck owning it.
I’m not sure. It might be a documentary, or at least a true historical portrayal of actual events . . .
From Wikipedia . . .
The film is about two sisters named Yoshie and Kikue Kasuga, Geishas who get abducted by a steel manufacturer in an attempt to transform them into murderous cyborg assassins.
The film follows Yoshie as she starts out as a clumsy geisha’s attendant who is always looked down upon by her sister. One day Hikaru Kageno, heir to Kageno Steel Manufacturing, takes notice of Yoshie and recognizes the repressed anger in her. He recruits and trains them to be mechanically enhanced assassins. His goal is to use them to fulfill Kageno Steel’s goal in creating an “ideal world”.
The story reaches a turning point when Yoshie is sent on a mission to kill a small group of people living near the Kageno Steel building. They turn out to be the parents and relatives of the other abducted women trained by Kageno Steel who simply want their family members back. Yoshie begins to question her actions and spares the families lives, secretly relocating them. She is punished for not following orders, but is given a second chance. She’s ordered to kill two brothers only to discover that Hikaru sent her out on a suicide mission. The brothers are suicide bombers planning to destroy Kageno Steel because of its evil goals. The company plans on destroying all of Japan by dropping a powerful bomb on Mount Fuji so they can rebuild the country in their image.
Yoshie barely makes it out of the building as a bomb strapped to one of the brothers explodes. Yoshie loses her legs but wakes up with new ones, thanks to one of the grieving parents who has experience with mechanics. The protestors want a meeting to demand the return of their loved ones. They found a set of Kageno’s blueprints for a bomb “17 times more powerful than the atomic bomb” and plan to blackmail the company in exchange for their families. Meanwhile, Yoshie wakes up to stop them from walking into a trap. She then discovers her sister Kikue has been brainwashed by Hikaru.
She battles with Kikue and the other geisha assassin’s in the Kageno Steel headquarters while it transforms into a large “Shiro (Castle) Robot” that starts walking to Mount Fuji to deliver the powerful bomb off which will Destroy Japan. Yoshie wakes Kikue from the brainwashing and they both fuse together to stop Hikaru and the robot.
That was epic! And that song sounds like Live And Let Die at some parts.
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One of the comments also mentioned picking it up on Netflix.
Yep, It’s up on Watch Instantly…gonna give it a shot now. Btw…it’s in English too.
Oh, Sweet! Thanks, RevCo! I don’t want to have to READ this movie. Bad dubbing will only contribute to the awesomeness!
Fried shrimp!
Geisha is . . . . ROBOT!!!
I watched it…It’s worthy…I was getting a Kill Bill feel to it. And yes, a sword goes in the ass.
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That might be the best review for a movie I have ever read. Thanks for sharing. I think I’ll try to place an order tonight.