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Afro Samurai: Resurrection

2009 · 101 min

A stylish, blood-soaked revenge fable that feels cool and brutal, with bursts of hip-hop swagger and a bleak, cyclical mood.

Directed by: Fuminori Kizaki
Genres: Animation, Action, Adventure
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Lucy Liu, Yuri Lowenthal

Tagline: There's no such thing as final vengeance!
Overview: Afro Samurai avenged his father and found a life of peace. But the legendary master is forced back into the game by a beautiful and deadly woman from his past. The sparks of violence dropped along Afro’s bloody path now burn out of control – and nowhere are the flames of hatred more intense than in the eyes of Sio.

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Directed by: Fuminori Kizaki
Genres: Animation, Action, Adventure
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Lucy Liu, Yuri Lowenthal

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: revenge
violence
identity
family
death
Places: fantasy world
countryside
Era: timeless
Audience: adult
Form: animated
serialised
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Horror	5
Humour	4
Realism	4
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: animation, action, adventure, drama, fantasy, science fiction, tv movie
Directed by: Fuminori Kizaki
Written by: Joshua Hale Fialkov, Leo Chu, Yasuyuki Muto, Eric S. Calderon
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Lucy Liu, Yuri Lowenthal, Mark Hamill, Jeff Bennett, S. Scott Bullock, Grey DeLisle, Greg Eagles
Music: RZA
Runtime: 101 min
Country: United States of America, Japan
Languages: English

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