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Availability: In Stock - This item ships within 1-2 business days. If remaining stock is damaged or becomes unavailable, we will restock and ship this item to you at no additional charge. AKA: Taitei No Ken Director: Tsutsumi Yukihiko Released: 2007 [Japan] Genre: Action/Adventure     Sub-Genre: Fantasy Keywords:  Alien || Comedy || Period || Swordplay/Sword(s)

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Plot:	Brace yourself for a rollicking period fantasy adventure, complete with ninjas, warriors, magical weapons, and a couple of aliens. Based on a serial story by Yumemakura Baku.
Overview:	Brace yourself for a hilarious action-filled ride with The Sword of Alexander! Based on a serial story by Yumemakura Baku, The Sword of Alexander (a.k.a. Taitei no Ken) is a rollicking period fantasy adventure, complete with ninjas, warriors, magical weapons, and a couple of aliens. With a host of colorful characters, impressive CG visuals, and genres colliding left and right, the film provides a sensory overload of comedy, action, and fun. Director Tsutsumi Yukihiko, last seen quietly inducing tears with Memories of Tomorrow, teams up again with Abe Hiroshi, the star of his Trick films, and puts the actor's natural comic presence to good use. Hasegawa Kyoko (Ai no Rukeichi) plays the film's precocious princess, alongside a supporting cast that includes Kudo Kankuro (Thirteen Steps), Endo Kenichi (The Sinking of Japan), and Kuroki Meisa (Under the Same Moon). Free-spirited wandering swordsman Yorozu Genkuro (Abe Hiroshi) easily towers over everyone with his tall, lanky stature and all-mighty "Sword of Alexander". His larger-than-life sword is one of three sacred objects carved from orichalcum, an otherworldly metal that brings its owner superhuman powers. He who possess all three objects will rule the world, and Genkuro is on a quest to find the other two items - a cross and a dagger - and a man worthy of wielding such powers. On the road, he rescues and befriends the lovely Princess Mai (Hasegawa Kyoko), who is on the run from the Tokugawa, and her scrappy ninja bodyguard (Kudo Kankuro). This turns out to be the beginning of a myriad of troubles for Genkuro as there are a plentitude of Tokugawa assassins and warriors, not to mention an alien-possessed bear hunter, out to get the princess.
Cast:	Hiroshi Abe  ||  Kyoko Hasegawa  ||  Meisa Kuroki  ||  Kenichi Endo (Click any actor to search for more of their movies!)
Running Time:	110 mins. (approx.)
Languages:	Japanese (DTS 5.1 Surround) Japanese (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround) Cantonese (Dolby Digital 2.0 - Stereo)
Subtitles:	ENGLISH, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified)
Distributor:	Universe  [A Hong Kong-Based Distributor]
Rating:	IIB - "Adult Material; Parental Guidance Recommended" (roughly equal to an MPPA rating of "R") Films rated Category IIB contain large amounts of violence and/or nudity and sexual situations in addition to possible explicit language and adult situations.
Features:	Anamorphic Widescreen DTS Digital Surround Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround DVD-9