Azumi

WHATS IT ABOUT? A small band of assassins try to murder the warlords ruling Japan. But then one of the hits goes disasterously, bloodily wrong...
WHO'S IN IT - Aya Ueto plays Azumi, the female assassin, while Yoshio Harada is Gessai the master killer who trained them all.
BEST SCENE - Azumi's attack on a large group of swordsmen, charging in a hacking-slashing frenzy.
TO BE HONEST - If you liked Kill bill (volume one, not volume 2) then this is the Manga movie for you. Athletic, vicious and hugely exciting, it's popcorn oriental cinema at its most silly, most bloodspattered and most enjoyable.