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Dororo
Adapted from Tezuka Osamu's popular manga, Dororo is a rollicking period adventure for all ages. A blockbuster success in Japan, with not just one but two sequels already in the works, Dororo features the idol pairing of Tsumabuki Satoshi and Shibasaki Kou as storied demon hunters Hyakkimaru and Dororo. This unabashedly fun comic book actioner may seem like an unlikely entry from acclaimed indie director Shiota Akihiko, but the film also touches on serious themes of family, war, and redemption which Shiota underlies with convincing humanity.
Summary
Original title: どろろ / Dororo
International english title: Dororo
Country: Japan
Genre: Action; Fantasy
Year: 2007
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 (851 votes)
Runtime: 139 min
Company: Toho Company,Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)
Official site: www.dororo.jp
Victory
in exchange
for unborn son
Plot
In the distant future of Japan, samurai Daigo Kagemitsu makes a deal with the 48 major demons known as majins. The 48 demons offer Daigo Kagemitsu the power to win all future battles and become the lord protector of Japan. In return Daigo Kagemitsu must allow the demons to take away 48 body parts of his future unborn son. Daigo Kagemitsu accepts the demons offer.
The boy eventually is born but without 48 body parts. Daigo Kagemitsu wants to kill the son immediately but his mother manages to place the boy in a basket to float away in a river.
The boy is then rescued by a magician who takes pity over the infant and takes him in as his own. The magician over the years devises prosthetic body parts for the boy who is now named Hyakki-Maru. When Hyakki-Maru reaches adulthood he embarks on a journey to kill the 48 demons and regain his natural body parts. Along the way he encounters a spunky young girl named Dororo who joins him on his quest to become "normal" again and accepted by the people.
Cast
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Some facts
- Dororo movie is based on manga by "Father of anime" Tezuka Osamu (Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion).
- Action choreographer is Ching Siu-Tung, who worked also on such films as Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Curse of the Golden Flower.
- Filming took place in New Zealand.
- The film's storyline has some major differences from that of the manga, most notably Dororo is played by a young woman instead of a little boy, though she does at times act as and refer to herself as a boy. Hyakkimaru is also younger than his namesake in the manga, and less bitter about his circumstances, as well.
- Dororo was at the top of the box-office for four weeks straight. Based on its popularity, plans have been announced for not just one, but two, more movies. Co-stars Satoshi Tsumabuki and Kou Shibasaki will return for both sequels. Filming is scheduled to begin in 2009.
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What original Dororo manga is about
is a manga series from the critically acclaimed manga creator Osamu Tezuka in the late 1960s. The anime television series (1969) based on the manga consists of 26 half-hour episodes. It was made into a live-action film in 2007.
During the late 1960s, manga featuring hobgoblins was popular among kids. Dororo was serialized in Weekly Sh?nen Sunday for three years.
Tezuka's childhood memory of his friends pronouncing as dororo, inspired the title of this work.
The anime series bears the distinction of being the first entry in what is now known as the "World Masterpiece Theater" series.
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Review links
Twitch - DORORO Review
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Dororo DVDs
2007 Japanese Drama Movie - Dororo - w/ English Subtitle
Language : Japanese / Cantonese Subtitle : Chinese / English Video Format : NTSC Model : DVD9 Discs : 1
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Dororo Volume 1 (v. 1)
Dororo is Tezuka's classic thriller manga featuring a youth who has been robbed of 48 body parts by devils, and his epic struggle against a host of demons to get them back.
Daigo Kagemitsu, who works for a samurai general in Japan's Warring States period, promises to offer body parts of his unborn baby to 48 devils in exchange for complete domination of the country. Knowing the child to be deficient, Kagemitsu orders the newborn thrown into the river.
The baby survives. Callling himself Hyakkimaru, ge searches the world for the 48 demons. Each time he eliminates one, he retrieves one of his missing parts. Hyakkimaru meets a boy thief named Dororo, and together they travel the countryside, confronting mosters and ghosts again and again. This the first in a 3 - volume series.
Tezuka's manga and animated films had a tremendous impact on the shaping of the psychology of Japan's postwar youth. His work changed the concept of Japanese comics, transforming it into an art form and incorporating a variety of new styles in creating "story comics."
Release Date: 04/29/2008
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About the Author:
Osamu Tezuka (1928-89) is the godfather of Japanese manga comics. He originally intended to become a doctor and earned his degree before turning to what was then a medium for children. His many early masterpieces include the series known in the U.S. as Astro Boy. With his sweeping vision, deftly interwined plots, feel for the workings of power, and indefatigable commitment to human dignity, Tezuka elevated manga to an art form. The later Tezuka, who authored Buddha, often had in mind the mature readership that manga gained in the sixties and that had only grown ever since. The Kurosawa of Japanese pop culture, Osamu Tezuka is a twentieth century classic.
Release Date: 06/24/2008
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