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6.3/10
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A high school student discovers he is an Ajin, a demi-human being. He ends up a fugitive on the run because of his powers.A high school student discovers he is an Ajin, a demi-human being. He ends up a fugitive on the run because of his powers.A high school student discovers he is an Ajin, a demi-human being. He ends up a fugitive on the run because of his powers.
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- Stars
Takeru Satoh
- Kei Nagai
- (as Takeru Satô)
Mamoru Miyano
- IBM
- (voice)
Ken'ichi Suzumura
- Noriaki Iwashimizu
- (as Kenichi Suzumura)
Yuki Yamada
- Takahashi
- (as Yûki Yamada)
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Who's a good demon? And while that does sound like a ridiculous question, this movie has someone for us to root for. Now I haven't yet seen the TV show this is based on (imdb says it's a "remake" of it), so I can't say what got cut out or added (I reckon the TV show has a much longer running time). Whatever the case, the movie is really good.
Stunts are great, the story makes sense for a Fantasy/Science Fiction movie of this caliber. The story and characters do develop the way most will expect, but it's still quite nice to watch. Sometimes it is not so much about the destination, but about how much you'll have along the way. And there is plenty to be entertained with this movie. Sit back or lay back and enjoy this for what it is
Stunts are great, the story makes sense for a Fantasy/Science Fiction movie of this caliber. The story and characters do develop the way most will expect, but it's still quite nice to watch. Sometimes it is not so much about the destination, but about how much you'll have along the way. And there is plenty to be entertained with this movie. Sit back or lay back and enjoy this for what it is
In my humble opinion, i enjoyed the live action adaptation more than the anime. Yeah, seriously. The filler was cut out and you got the exact details that you needed. And everyone wants to know about Satou. The character that played him, knocked it out of the park, caught the ball and ran overtime. Seriously, couldn't put into words how much I enjoyed this movie. If you're not a fan of anime, you should still watch this movie. Criminally underrated.
The live action nailed it!
Sure there are some cut scenes from the anime but the important details were not left out. The whole movie can stand alone and even those who haven't seen the anime yet could surely understand the whole plot.
The characters' acting are spot on. Takeru Satoh's (Nagai) portrayal is effortless. It is so natural and convincing. Sure, there are times when I wished he'd say "amakakeru ryu no hirameki" but that is only because I was so affected by Gou Ayano's (Sato) acting as a villain I wanted him to be dead for sure but this is Ajin; Die and be alive. Gou wcompleted the ambiance of the movie.
To sum it up, everything, from characters to the plot were all stitched perfectly I could not ask for a better adaptation.
This film essentially revolves around a special type of human known as "Ajin" who have the ability to regenerate back to life after being killed. So in that context they are basically indestructible super-humans. Although this is a relatively new discovery the news of their existence has become known throughout the world but the fact that they are so few in number doesn't especially alarm anyone in particular. It does, however, fascinate some scientists in Japan who then covertly capture one by the name of "Kei Nagai" (Takeru Satoh) and proceed to brutally experiment on him in a most sadistic manner. However, when news of this is leaked to a leading member of the Ajin species named "Sato" (Go Ayano) he immediately takes matters into his own hands and frees Kei through extremely violent methods. Upon doing so, however, he becomes very displeased to learn that Kei doesn't share his psychotic feelings towards other human beings and the two of them become locked in a fight to the death-if that is even possible-from that point on. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that I was extremely disappointed in this film in that it was nothing more than a series of almost identical actions scenes repeated over and over and over again. There was no real plot, no substantive character development, a superficial script and the acting was rather poor as well. In short, it was all action and CGI. That being said, while this movie might satisfy some viewers who put a high premium on films of this type, I found it to be almost excruciating to watch and I have rated it accordingly.
The concept of Ajin is pretty much like Tokyo Ghoul but instead of Ghoul we get a new kind of supernatural being with healing factor and can summon their own personal bodyguar Ajin in form of a human shape shifting smoke.The movie is very hollow with not enough development for me to care about any of the characters so the only thing that keep me interested in the story is the action and most of the time it above average when it involving gun fight.They really hold back with the blood and gore in Ajin cause some of the scene clearly begging for a bloody mess
Did you know
- TriviaMamoru Miyano, who voiced protagonist Kei Nagai in Ajin (2016), voices Nagai's IBM spirit in this film.
- ConnectionsRemake of Ajin (2016)
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- Ajin: Demi-Human
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $10,750,712
- Runtime
- 1h 49m(109 min)
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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