Dororo (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Dororo |
| Original title | ど ろ ろ |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 139 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Akihiko Shiota |
| script |
Masa Nakamura , Akihiko Shiota |
| production | Takashi Hirano |
| occupation | |
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Dororo ( Japanese ど ろ ろ ) is a Japanese fantasy / martial arts film by director Akihiko Shiota from 2007. It is based on the manga of the same name by Osamu Tezuka from 1967 and is about the title hero Hyakkimaru, who without the 48th vital organs was born and henceforth, as a demon fighter with artificial body parts, he fights those creatures that carry his original organs in order to restore them.
The shooting of the approximately two billion yen (about 25 million US dollars) of Toho Company Ltd. and Tokyo Broadcasting System began producing manga film in January 2006 and a. in New Zealand. The film is the first real-life adaptation of the popular manga after a 26-part anime television series of the same name from 1969.
action
After a devastating defeat on a civil war battlefield in feudal Japan during the Sengoku period , the injured daimyo Kagemitsu Daigo escapes to a temple. There 48 demons offer him a pact that enables him to save his clan and to usurp the power of the world. In return, they demand the body of his unborn child. The warlord agrees to the pact. Weeks later, his wife gives birth to a son. Despite the lack of 48 organs that are in the hands of the demons, this one is alive. However, the mother does not have the heart to kill her disfigured newborn, but puts it in a river. The baby is found by the aging shaman Jukai, who completes the body with artificial organs and limbs. Over the years, he develops fatherly feelings for the foundling he calls Hyakkimaru. The faith healer trains the child to use the sword so that they grow up to be a very good fighter.
One day, the now frail and dying shaman asks Hyakkimaru to burn down his entire property so that it does not fall into the hands of warring feudal lords like the tyrannical prince Kagemitsu Daigo, who with the knowledge and skills he has acquired could build an unbeatable army . After his death, Hyakkimaru fulfills his request without knowing who his biological father is. Quiet on his own, hours later he hears a voice that drives him to pursue the 48 demons who once stole body parts from him and to kill them with his katana , the sword of vengeance, in order to "regain a piece of his flesh" .
The young man hunts for demons with supernatural abilities and receives an organ back from each person killed. On his wandering he meets a young pickpocket who joins the taciturn demon hunter and uses his second nickname, Dororo. The thief plans to use Hyakkimaru's magical sword to take revenge on the warlord Daigo and his clan, whom she blames for the death of her parents. However, since she cannot get hold of the sword so easily, she follows Hyakkimaru without being asked.
On the way, the duo, who are now friends, succeeds in rendering a larger number of the beings harmless. With the increasing number of demons killed, Hyakkimaru, despised by those around him, regains not only his voice but also other senses that make him more and more human. During a life and death duel with a flying creature, he learns by chance that he is the son of a clan leader. Curious, he made a pilgrimage with Dororo in the direction of the clan castle, where he soon met Young Prince Tahomaru, his younger brother, who assured him of an elevated position at court. When he wants to introduce him to Prince Daigo, Yuri recognizes her son who had been abandoned at the time; Tahomaru becomes jealous of his older brother. Hyakkimaru is impressed by this encounter, but escapes from the castle confused and reveals himself to the stunned Dororo. There are arguments between Hyakkimaru and Dororo, which are interrupted by small skirmishes with belligerent demons.
Meanwhile, the angry Dororo gives up her plans for revenge in tears and asks the confused Hyakkimaru to refrain from future attacks on his parents as well. When the demon hunter decides to take this step, however, he is attacked by his younger, jealous brother for fear of the succession to the throne with some followers; Tahōmaru is accidentally fatally injured during the fight. In this situation the film turns into a tragic family feud. Soon afterwards, her mother Yuri appears, who mourns the death of Tahomaru with tears, but is disturbed in her grief by Kagemitsu Daigo who has rushed to her. The warlord, who is significantly influenced by demons in his decisions, kills his wife in cold blood, who is protecting her last living son, and confronts the unwanted and apathetic offspring that was sold at the time. A duel begins when suddenly the demons offer the ruler another pact. The fighting breaks off briefly. For the resurrection of the slain Tahomaru, the demons present demand the body of the prince, who finally gets involved in the new barter.
Young Lord Tahomaru awakens while the aging warlord, now possessed by demons, is killed by Hyakkimaru. At the end of the film, the two brothers reconcile, Tahomaru even offers him participation in the government, which Hyakkimaru, however, gratefully but firmly refuses, in order to devote himself to the remaining crowd of demons. In the last shots of the film, Hyakkimaru resumes the hike with Dororo.
publication
Splendid Entertainment released the film with Japanese and German sound on DVD, on October 11, 2007 for rental and on November 30 for purchase.
reception
In Japan, the film stayed at number 1 on the cinema charts for the first four weeks after its release.
The lexicon of international films describes the film as a "visually powerful heroic story with perfectly choreographed battles and several reminiscences of Akira Kurosawa, with the genre mix condensing into an exuberant fantasy fairy tale" . Blickpunkt: The film calls it an "effective action adventure adaptation of a popular manga" . VideoWoche writes of an original “fantasy fairy tale with everything that goes with romance, action, horror and tongue-in-cheek humor. A tip not only for proven friends of the profession ” .
The German magazine Animania emphasizes "plenty of CGI effects, fast camera shots, fantastic sets and sublime landscape shots from New Zealand" , which were only made possible by the high budget. The film performs "a balancing act between funny, over-the-top rubber monster inserts, impressive CGI effects, emotional moments and fast-paced battle scenes" . The "popcorn entertainment" will delight genre friends if not too much is expected from the plot and the Japanese style mix is accepted. The German synchronization is acceptable.
Web links
- Dororo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of release for Dororo . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2007 (PDF; test number: 111 184 V / DVD / UMD).
- ↑ a b Dororo . In: AnimaniA . No. 11 , 2007, p. 82 f .
- ↑ Dororo Review. (No longer available online.) In: twitch. July 26, 2007, archived from the original on January 8, 2016 ; accessed on January 8, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-11-18/dororo-live-action-movie
- ↑ a b Animania 10/2007, p. 85.
- ^ Journal film-dienst and Catholic Film Commission for Germany (eds.), Horst Peter Koll and Hans Messias (ed.): Lexikon des Internationale Films - Filmjahr 2007. Schüren Verlag, Marburg 2008. ISBN 978-3-89472-624-9
- ↑ a b cf. http://www.amazon.de/Dororo-Limited-Gold-2-DVDs/dp/B000UZFCPS/
