You may have already seen – and occasionally winced at – the Red Band trailer for Takashi Miike's latest bloody, and bloody fun offering, Blade Of The Immortal. We're pleased to offer an exclusive look at the new trailer, with the poster lurking lower down the page.
Takuya Kimura stars as Samurai Manji, who has taken a lot of lives, both innocent and guilty, and now lives life in feudal Japan as a criminal. After being cursed with immortality until he kills enough evil men, Manji meets a young girl (Hana Sugisaki) who enlists him to be her bodyguard. Swearing loyalty, protection and vengeance against the group of sword fighters who slaughtered her family, the unlikely duo set on a remarkable quest to make right against those who did them wrong.
Adapted by Tetsuya Oishi from Hiroako Samura's manga, the film finds all manner of ways to damage people with swords and other weapons. Limbs will be lopped off (and grow back in some cases) and the tone is distinctly heightened.
Miike is bringing the film to the BFI London Film Festival on 8 October, and then the movie will be on general release from 8 December.