Dororo (japanese swordplay choregraphed by Ching Siu-Tung)

[tom2681]

Title: Dororo
Year: 2007
Director: Shiota Akihiko
Actors: Kou Shibasaki (Battle Royale), Nakai Kiichi (Warriors of Heaven and Earth)
Choregraphy: Ching Siu-Tung
Release Date: 2007 (no date yet).



Early teasers:
http://www.dororo.jp/trailers/movie/dor ... ot15_l.mov

http://www.dororo.jp/trailers/movie/dor ... ot30_l.mov

Apparently they're shooting it in New-Zealand.

Does anybody have any info ? Anything ?

[grim_tales]

Teaser looks good.

[Shingster]

Ickle Tsumabaki Satoshi gets to be an action lead huh? That'll be interesting! Based on a Manga by Osamu Tezuka. Here's the Wikipedia blurb on the manga (don;t know how faitful the film will be):

Dororo to Hyakumaru (Dororo), 1967-1968. Dororo centers around the adventures of Hyakkimaru (alternately Hyaki Maru), who is missing 48 body parts due to a deal his father had made with 48 demons in exchange for control over Japan. When Hyakkimaru is born he is hideously disformed, and is thrown into a river to die. Instead he is rescued by a doctor named Jukai and grows up to be a young man whose missing body parts have been replaced by Jukai with prosthetics (many of which contain hidden weapons). Teaming up with Hyakkimaru is Dororo, a child (and thief) living on the streets. Together they set out to defeat the 48 demons and recover Hyakkimaru's missing body parts. Tezuka never completed the manga, so the intended conclusion to the story is unknown. 26 animated episodes were filmed, airing in 1969. Although the show was originally just known as Dororo, the name was changed to Dororo to Hyakumaru (Dororo and Hyakumaru) halfway through its run. A live action version filmed in New Zealand will be released in 2007.

Now does that not sound like the type of synopsis that Ching siu-tung could get really creative with?

Directed by Akihiko Shiota as well! Supporting cast features Yoshio Harada and Kiichi Nakai, so at least it'll be well performed!

[memetic]

Thanks for the trailers Tom. I read about this one in April but the website didn't have trailers back then.

Apparently they're shooting it in New-Zealand.

Does anybody have any info ? Anything ?

It's based on an old manga done by Osamu Tezuka (creator of Astro Boy). It has a budget of $16 mil USD. Oh, and there's a PS2 game for it already (based on manga).

That's all I know about it.

[memetic]

Theatrical trailer is looking pretty lovely... a lot like Shinobi.

Large ~16Mb
http://www.dororo.jp/trailers/movie/dor ... iler_l.mov

Small ~5Mb
http://www.dororo.jp/trailers/movie/dor ... iler_s.mov

[tom2681]

Thanks Memetic.

Some of the CGI looks Devilman-esque to me.
Shinobi + Devilman = A lot of fun.

[romerojpg]

Looks like it was made for TV, very cheapo, or Digital!

From them it doesnt make me want to see anything as they show nothing at all in any way.

Best to wait till a real trailer is out.


Ahhh didnt see the real trailer links will try em later.

[tom2681]

Hi-def trailer:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AD1W48EF

Mirror:
http://rapidshare.com/files/13310879/Dororo.rar.html

Size: 64mb.
Format: DSM (playable with MPC (included in the rar file)).
Video: 1920x1080 DivX.
Audio: AAC.

[HungFist]

I wasn't too interested in this before but now I relized it stars Satoshi Tsumabuki (nice guy) and is directed by Akihiko Shiota. I still haven't seen Gaichu which is supposed to be a masterpiece but Moolight Whispers was good. Not the least bit intentionally, though... but it was a fun mess.

Schilling review: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ ... 202a1.html

Ah, just saw the trailer. Looks awful. I leave this to Tom

[tom2681]

just saw the trailer. Looks awful

What trailer did you see ?!
The trailer I've seen is absolutely awesome.

[HungFist]

Theatrical trailer is looking pretty lovely... a lot like Shinobi.

Large ~16Mb
http://www.dororo.jp/trailers/movie/dor ... iler_l.mov

That one

[tom2681]

You should try one of the longer high-definition trailers, then.
That'll probably change your mind.

http://movies.apple.com/movies/jp/movie ... ler_hd.mov