Izo

(2004)

★ 6 IMDb · 105 votes

Genres: Action, Drama, Fantasy

Year: 2004

Runtime: 128 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 三池崇史

Cast: 中山一也, Каори Момои, 松田龍平, 松方弘樹, 美木良介, 岡田眞澄, 勝野洋, 魔裟斗, Bob Sapp, Такеши Китано

Plot

Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.

We begin in 1865, when the Shogunate is on its last legs, but still capable of punishing its enemies. One is Izo (Kazuya Nakayama), an assassin in the service of Hanpeida (Ryosuke Miki), a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo, where he finds himself one with the city's homeless. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine, his entire soul still enraged by his treatment in his past life. His response to the powers-that-be, whose predecessors put him to death, is the sword.