Izo

Izo

The world never can be changed.

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Release Date

9/7/2004

Runtime

128 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

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Homepage

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A samurai assassin's pure rage becomes a force that tears through time itself, landing him in modern Tokyo as an unstoppable, increasingly grotesque instrument of violence. This is a fever dream about vengeance consuming everything in its path, told with surreal visual ambition and unflinching brutality.

Mood

AngryDread-soakedDefiantUnsettling

Themes

RevengeIdentityMortality

Tone

Operatic

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

Stylized genreHigh-contrastPainterly

Structure

Nonlinear

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Graphic violenceBody horror

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