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Studio:Manga Entertainment

Director:Hiroshi Hamasaki

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- A masterpeice of martial arts animation

This is a stunning piece of martial arts animation. There is beauty in every frame of its 12 episodes; an exquisite attention to detail that will excite the film buff and the anime aficionado. There is beauty even in the most extreme violence and, yes, a playful humour too. The plot, which mostly runs backwards, is not always easy to follow, but patience and perseverence will be rewarded. The tone is solemn but never pretentious. The music is suitably austere: snappy percussion, searing strings and something that sounds like a Japanese sho add gravitas to the production. The extras are a little bit light for a work of this importance, but the vocal cast do their best to entertain and inform. If, by any chance, you are an admirer of Mizoguchi, Kurosawa or even Teshigahara, then 'Shigurui: Death Frenzy' will mostly certainly be a necessary purchase. As animation goes this is up there with the best of Norstein, and the Blu-ray picture is awesome.

- Best of Anime?

I have to say I'm a huge sci-fi Anime fan, HUGE ...
But this one from the feudal japan is absolutely master piece. One of the best animes I have ever seen. Get ready for some disturbing images, and for the fact that you have to watch all over to get the whole story, but if you love anime and you hadn't seen this series, blu-ray is the way to go ...

- For mature audience

Well, I appreciate the terrible and slow story. Horrible and poetic but great.
Extreme violence in psychology and acts.

Absolutely not for children.

- region B

This soft is region B blue ray.
So We cannot see this in Japan.

- For Japanese. And UK Gentlemen...

For Japanese.

This is NOT play by PS3 in Japan.

But by your PC Blu-ray Drive maybe play.
I played by UJ-120.
(Hardware Regioncode Change Japan to Eulope)


For UK Ladies and Gentlemen.

This is based a nobel.(Written by NANJO NORIO)
And a MANGA.(Written by YAMAGUCHI TAKAYUKI)
The serial of that is continuing now in Japan.


This is a true Samurai story. Edo period.

In country of Suruga(Present Shizuoka-ken in Japan)
SAMURAI DUEL and more...