 • Japan • 2010 • 96m •   • Directed by: Shinji Takamatsu. • Starring: Yutaka Aoyama, Igor Chapurin, Susumu Chiba, Risa Hayamizu, Satoshi Hino, Akira Ishida, Takehito Koyasu, Rie Kugimiya, Kazuya Nakai, Keiko Nemoto, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Tomokazu Sugita, Ken'ichi Suzumura. • Music by: Audio Highs.
The town of Edo is controlled by aliens called Amanto. A street killer wielding "Benizakura," a mysterious sword with built-in artificial intelligence, appears in the neighborhood of Sakata Ginji, who runs a shop with his friends. Ginji searches for Katsura Kotaro, a xenophobic samurai who has disappeared due to the mysterious sword. However, it was actually Takasugi Shinsuke, once a close friend, who owned the Benizakura.
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A theater version of the Sci-Fi nonsensical samurai comic by Sorachi Hideaki. "Benizakura-hen," a popular episode from the TV edition, is newly interpreted and recreated. Set in Edo, where values and beliefs are undergoing rapid changes, the film gives a lively depiction of the escapades of Ginji, the last samurai.
Review by Unknown from the Internet Movie Database.
