Azumi 2

Japan 2005, 108 minutes
Dir. Shusuke Kaneko
In Japanese with English subtitles
Rating: [R16]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Action/Adventure / Martial Arts

Feat. Aya Ueto, Shun Oguri, Ai Maeda, Tak Sakaguchi, Chiaki Kuriyama

Aroview: Samurai girl-power sweeps feudal Japan once more in this competent, but lesser installment (minus the original director) in the Azumi legend.

Aya Ueto returns as the skilled swordswoman, who joins up with a childhood friend, for a mission to take down a troublesome government official. But apart from some exciting ninja-combat scenes, this is fairly thin stuff.