Onmyoji

[Ujitsuna]

Has anyone seen Onymoji the film? What do you think of it? I recently watched Onmyoji I and II and thought they were pretty good. Plot-wise it is sometimes hard to figure out what is happening in places as the movie seems to assume the viewer has knowledge of Japan's courts and nobles. Still they were good movies and I quite enjoyed the cheesy and slightly quirky duo of Mansai Nomura as Abe no Seimei and Hideaki Ito as Minamoto no Hiromasa which kind of brings some comedy relief to some otherwise dark and dreary times. Abe no Seimei has this damn smirk on his face for the whole movie, and Minamoto no Hiromasa looks a bit goofy in scenes but they manage to define the characters themselves with these traits.

The special effects are pretty varied, sometimes they look almost real and then in other cases look very fake. However it all does the job well, even when it looks fake it adds a kind of distinctive style to the Onmyoji sorcery Abe no Seimei uses (things like bringing paper men to life with magic and banishing evil spirits).

It's a good series of movies, and leaves room for more down the line should they choose to do so. Catch the trailer on their official web site (http://www.onmyojimovie.com/) if you haven't seen them, if you have - what did you think of them?

[Ikano]

I love these movies =3

My Dad bought both VCDs of it from Taiwan by chance before it was released in the US and I try to find an excuse to watch it every once and awhile.

Trying not to get into it too much but I have to say...the second one is....quite much...."odder" than the first... :?
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[Ujitsuna]