The Princess Blade

Infobox_Film
name = The Princess Blade


caption =
director = Shinsuke Sato
producer = Taka Ichise
writer = Kazuo Koike (manga)
Kazuo Kamimura (manga)
Kei Kunii
Shinsuke Sato
starring = Yumiko Shaku
Hideaki Ito
Yoichi Numata
Kyusaku Shimada
Yoko Maki
music = Kenji Kawai
cinematography = Taro Kawazu
editing = Hirohide Abe
distributor = ADV Films
released = flagicon|JapanDecember 15, 2001
flagicon|United StatesAugust 8, 2003
runtime = 92 min.
country = flagcountry|Japan
language = Japanese
website = http://www.princessblade.com/
imdb_id = 0310149

"The Princess Blade" (Shura Yukihime) is a Japanese action film, based on the manga by Kazuo Koike, directed by Shinsuke Sato.

Cast

*Yumiko Shaku as Yuki
*Hideaki Ito as Takashi
*Shiro Sano as Kidokoro
*Yoichi Numata as Kuka
*Kyusaku Shimada as Byakurai
*Yoko Chosokabe as Soma
*Yoko Maki as Aya
*Naomasa Musaka as Kiri
*Yutaka Matsushige as Anka
*Shintarou Sonooka as Chain Wielder
*Takashi Tsukamoto as Takashi's Friend

Story

Yuki is the last surviving royal of the House of Takemikazuchi or Takemikazuchi wa Hime（たけみかずち　の　ひめ）,who live in a futuristic post-apocalyptic isolationist world where they use their skills as former Mikado guards to become hired assassins. The wise old sage Kuka, who was once Yuki's mother's bodyguard, gives Yuki information that changes her life--and her destiny. She discovers that Byakurai has a dangerous connection to Yuki.

After learning this information she chooses to leave the House of Takemikazuchi. She soon encounters Takashi, leader of the rebel movement, who offers Yuki a chance at revenge--and perhaps love. They soon discover similarities for they are both trying to escape the past to start new lives....

External links

*imdb title|0310149
* http://www.princessblade.com/
* http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/princess_blade/