Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Steineded How sad is this?

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

athena24 First of all, I must say that I watched this movie just because of the director. To be precise, because of Azumi. I loved that movie so much that I wanted to see his other work. Though Aragami is far better than Versus ( I just wasn't able to finish watching it), it is Azumi that reveals Ryuhei Kitamura's talent.Plot Outline: A severe injured samurai saved by the God of Battle, while the latter wishes to be killed by the hand of the samurai.Aragami is definitely a stylish movie. It is well done in nearly every aspect, including the set, acting, camera work, sound, music and of course the sword-fight choreography. Even the idea of the whole movie taking place in a temple, gives Aragami a certain style.What this movie lacks is substance. Although Aragami is very short, nothing really is going on. Mostly there are talks vaguely revealing us what is happening, with some philosophy in them, and partly fighting. Clearly there are a lot of questions rising throughout the movie about the identity of the characters ( who they really are, and how they became like this?) , or their motives ( I still don't understand why did Aragami wanted to die ). Maybe there is some substance that I didn't grasp though I doubt it. I just think that the director wanted to make a "cool" movie.Overall I wasn't much excited about Aragami, but I wasn't disappointed too much either.

BigHardcoreRed Aragami is Ryuhei Kitamura's film which was shot with a few rules in some sort of Japanese Director's Challenge (The other was Yukihiko Tsutsumi's 2LDK). Some rules were that the films must be of feature length and shot within one week (Aragami was filled in 8 days). The movie must take place within one room with 2 competitors fighting to the death.Originally, I found out about this movie after watching 2LDK and found out about this challenge. I thought it was an interesting concept and would like to see how some of today's American directors could tackle such a project. Although I liked 2LDK, Aragami was simply the better movie. At times, the style and dialog (or lack of) reminded me of something from Quentin Tarantino.The very basic plot is that Aragami (Masaya Kato), who, incidentally, is the God of Battle, challenges a samurai (Takao Osawa) to a fight to the death. Aragami is tired of living and can not commit suicide nor die of old age or other natural causes. He must be killed in battle, as he is the God of Battle. He immortalizes the samurai by feeding him his deceased friend's liver and the fight was on.Surprisingly, this basic plot did not seem to drag on for too long and was just about the right length. The fight scenes, mostly involving swords, were pretty good and at times, the dialog was humorous. This is a good recommendation if you know what you are getting yourself into.

dennisyoon Cool dance music + Cool demonic atmosphere + Cool kung fu type Swordplay = Nice little Samurai campfire story made into a film. If you enjoy martial arts and the supernatural done in a manga/anime style, you'll have a blast. No it's not Akira Kurosawa, more like Onimusha the video game. (The director also worked on the video game Metal Gear Solid the Twin Snakes.) Enjoy the hairstyles and the wisecracks. Little smirks go a long way. Ninja stars really wouldn't do against a sword would they? Imagine an acid trip of a Samurai tall tale. You get the picture.The dialog had me in stitches at times as well as the expressions on the faces. Masaya Kato the "Aragami" steals the show. You can tell he had a good time being Samurai/Demon/Comic. Already a cult film in my view. More movies like this please!

aznraverb0ii I Love this movie. The story was a bit confusing but either then that the movie was near perfect.The action was very well choreographed and was not Very over the top like MGSTTS but it was still Over the top action considering how Samurai Films are made nowadays.There was this one part that amazed me were the Temple was all dark and all you can see of them was when the swords collide that was sooo coool. And i love the soundtrack. If you loved the soundtrack from all his other movies then you would love this soundtrack.