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Directed by | Yuji Shimomura |
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Music by | Kenji Kawai |
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Running time | 100 minutes [1] |
Country | Japan |
Re:Born is a 2016 Japanese action film directed by Yûji Shimomura and starring Tak Sakaguchi (as TAK∴). [2] It is about Toshiro, a legendary covert soldier with a mysterious past, who decides to use his supernatural powers to defend what he cares about.
Toshiro, a former mercenary, confronts a war that moves behind the scenes of everyday life and his remaining mission. While living with a girl named Sachi, Toshiro commits himself to a fierce battle with a number of thugs aiming for himself. These mercenaries are led by Phantom, the boss of the unit he once belonged to, and his former partner warrior Abyss Walker. [3]
As a feature of this film, the martial art system of Zero Range Combat was used to design the hand-to-hand combat scenes. TAK∴, who is a practitioner of the system, was also the tactical supervisor of the fight design. After training under the martial art's founder Yoshitaka Inagawa for about a year, he learned the unique movement of "wave" and techniques.
The production theme of this work is TAK∴'s return to acting, but at the same time, the director's thought that people with techniques and roles that are not originally exposed can be expressed in the film.
Re:Born had its world premiere at the 2016 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival. [4] The film had its North American premiere at Fantastic Fest in 2016. [5] It was released in Japan on August 12, 2017 (Heisei 29).
Mark Schilling ( The Japan Times) stated that Sakaguchi is "still a convincingly lethal presence", while noting that the film's plot was similar to a video game wherein the protagonist faces a series of bosses, and that attempts by scriptwriter Benio Saeki to expand on that premise felt forced. [6]
Re:Born | |
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Directed by | Yuji Shimomura |
Screenplay by |
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Produced by |
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Starring | |
Music by | Kenji Kawai |
Production companies |
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Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes [1] |
Country | Japan |
Re:Born is a 2016 Japanese action film directed by Yûji Shimomura and starring Tak Sakaguchi (as TAK∴). [2] It is about Toshiro, a legendary covert soldier with a mysterious past, who decides to use his supernatural powers to defend what he cares about.
Toshiro, a former mercenary, confronts a war that moves behind the scenes of everyday life and his remaining mission. While living with a girl named Sachi, Toshiro commits himself to a fierce battle with a number of thugs aiming for himself. These mercenaries are led by Phantom, the boss of the unit he once belonged to, and his former partner warrior Abyss Walker. [3]
As a feature of this film, the martial art system of Zero Range Combat was used to design the hand-to-hand combat scenes. TAK∴, who is a practitioner of the system, was also the tactical supervisor of the fight design. After training under the martial art's founder Yoshitaka Inagawa for about a year, he learned the unique movement of "wave" and techniques.
The production theme of this work is TAK∴'s return to acting, but at the same time, the director's thought that people with techniques and roles that are not originally exposed can be expressed in the film.
Re:Born had its world premiere at the 2016 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival. [4] The film had its North American premiere at Fantastic Fest in 2016. [5] It was released in Japan on August 12, 2017 (Heisei 29).
Mark Schilling ( The Japan Times) stated that Sakaguchi is "still a convincingly lethal presence", while noting that the film's plot was similar to a video game wherein the protagonist faces a series of bosses, and that attempts by scriptwriter Benio Saeki to expand on that premise felt forced. [6]