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Finally, Some Action On Yoichi Sai's Ninja Epic KAMUI GAIDEN

by Todd Brown, January 6, 2009 3:57 AM

It's been a long and apparently troubled road for Yoichi Sai to bring his ninja epic to the big screen. After the very difficult production of Korean action-melodrama Soo, Sai - an ethnically Korean Japanese - returned back home to Japan to tackle an adaptation of Shirato Sanpei's manga The Legend of Kamui Ninja. The film was announced ages ago but there's been nothing from it since, other than the occassional rumor of some trouble or other on the set. But, finally - and I say finally because the world really doesn't have enough ninja films and Sai's got the chops to make a damn good one - we get at least a tease, in the form of a revamped website and big ol' photo of Kenichi Matsuyama in the lead role. It aint much, but it's something ...

 
 

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Awesome!
Yoichi Sai and Writer Kankuro Kudo could really bring it Up.
This One will be definnitly one of the best Manga/Comis Adaptations ever.
At least the Poster looks very promising- totally Manga Style.
kamui rules!

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Am I the only one who finds Koyuki remarkably unattractive? She's not a good actress either, so for the life of me I can't understand why she keeps getting starring roles in big films.