A.P.P.L.E

I’ve been waiting for the release of this movie since last year! It has been released for sometime and only until last night I got to watch this movie! Well, a lot of computer graphics involved, but still my type of movie! Great~~~

Dororo by Akihiko Shiota

Why? Because there’s a game called Blood Will Tell (will talk about this in the next post) which I used to enjoy back when those days I was so attached to PS2. But you know me, I seldom finish any games. =.= After watching this movie, I have a feeling of starting to play this game again!! haha..

Then later I found out that Dororo is initially a Japanese manga by Osamu Tezuka during the late 1960s. Cool~~ I love the storyline, and come to think of it! I love ancient scene.

So, what is this movie all about? Check out the plot synopsis:

In the distant future of Japan, samurai Daigo Kagemitsu makes a deal with the 48 major demons known as majins. The 48 demons offer Daigo Kagemitsu the power to win all future battles and become the lord protector of Japan. In return Daigo Kagemitsu must allow the demons to take away 48 body parts of his future unborn son. Daigo Kagemitsu accepts the demons offer.The boy eventually is born but without 48 body parts. Daigo Kagemitsu wants to kill the son immediately but his mother manages to place the boy in a basket to float away in a river.

The boy is then rescued by a magician who takes pity over the infant and takes him in as his own. The magician over the years devises prosthetic body parts for the boy who is now named Hyakki-Maru. When Hyakki-Maru reaches adulthood he embarks on a journey to kill the 48 demons and regain his natural body parts. Along the way he encounters a spunky young girl named Dororo who joins him on his quest to become “normal” again and accepted by the people.

Source: Lunapark6

Well, the storyline is almost alike with I saw in the video game. In this movie, Hyakki-Maru had eliminated 24 demons out of 48. There’s 24 demon remaining. If the source of information I got is not wrong, Dororo 2 will be released in 2008 and Dororo 3 will be released in 2009. Wow! Such a long time…but I’m anticipating..

According to Lunapark6, those who love this movie may also like Azumi, Curse of The Golden Flower, The Restless. Azumi is a another Japanese movie, Curse of The Golden Flower is a Chinese movie with Jay Chou in it..and The Restless is a more recent Korean movie.

Guess I will have to search for those movies too! Well, Orange has The Restless with him, so perhaps the next movie I’m gonna watch is The Restless.

Tags: fantasy, japanese

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