Aragami (film)

Aragami
Japanese name
Kanji	荒神
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Kōjin
Directed by	Ryuhei Kitamura
Written by	Ryuhei Kitamura Ryuichi Takatsu
Produced by	Shinya Kawai
Starring	Takao Osawa Masaya Kato Kanae Uotani Tak Sakaguchi Hideo Sakaki
Music by	Nobuhiko Morino
Distributed by	Micott Inc.
Release date	27 March 2003 (2003-03-27)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Aragami (Japanese: 荒神, Hepburn: Kōjin, also known as Aragami: The Raging God of Battle) is a 2003 Japanese action film directed by Ryuhei Kitamura. It was Kitamura's contribution to the Duel Project, a challenge issued by producer Shinya Kawai to him and fellow director Yukihiko Tsutsumi to film a feature-length movie with only two actors, battling in one setting, in only the time frame of one week.

Plot

Two seriously wounded samurai find refuge from a storm at an isolated temple, the home of a swordsman and a mysterious young woman.

One samurai awakes to find that not only has his comrade died, but that his wounds have miraculously healed. He discovers that he has been given the power of immortality by the swordsman, a man once known as the legendary Miyamoto Musashi, who now lives an endless existence as Aragami, a "god of battle".

Production

The film was shot between May 29, 2002 and June 7, 2002.

See also

• 2LDK – Yukihiki Tsutsumi's Duel Project film.

External links

• Aragami at IMDb
• Aragami at AllMovie
• Aragami (2003) on YouTube