Very good writing. Each character was created very well. One of the best Samurai movies i've ever seen. IT seems like it could have been taken straight from a anime.

I had no prior knowledge of this being based on a manga until after I did a little more research about it, so watching this movie purely from being a fan of film; and Japanese films in this case, I thought it was a great Samurai action film with really good characters. The acting is wonderful, the story is great, and production value is top notch.

Almost plays out like a Greek tragedy but with a whole lot of bloody gore. When the film reaches the third act there are no more actual villains in there and the number of killings in this film might be good enough for a record. Yet, beyond the action, it still manages to touch on a lot of subjects on human nature.

Mark the 100th movie directed by Takashi Miike one of Japan craziest director nowadays Blade of the Immortal based on the manga series with the same name is a entertaining modern samurai bloodbath but not as good as i though judging by Metalscore.Mad credit for the production values when the movie look very slick with beautiful cinematography and good sword fight choreography.The biggest fault in this movie fall in the same category as other live action movies is the characters.Sure the characters look very alike their manga counterpart but the movie decide to skip too much backstory mainly about Anotsu Kagehisa and Makie make their role pretty forgettable.If you never read or hear of the manga this will be one hell of a experience