Onmyoji 2 (2003)

Director:

Yôjirô Takita

Writers:

Itaru Era (writer)
Yôjirô Takita (writer)

Release Date:

4 October 2003 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Fantasy

Plot:

A group of demons in the ancient Japanese capital of Heian is dismembering members of a family of Japanese nobles. |

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Second Part | Number In Title

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Mansai Nomura	...	Abe no Seimei
Hideaki Ito	...	Minamoto no Hiromasa
Kiichi Nakai	...	Genkaku
Kyôko Fukada	...	Himiko
Eriko Imai	...	Mitsumushi
Yûko Kotegawa	...	Tsukuyomi
Hayato Ichihara	...	Susa
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hiromitsu Suzuki
Kenji Yamaki	...	Ukon Tachibana

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

South Korea:15

Company:

Fellah Pictures

Movie Connections:

Follows Onmyoji (2001)

An overture to the unique Japanese mythology

For starters, there are looming suggestions that one need to view the first version of Onmyoji. Though honestly I haven't viewed the first one, I find the second interesting. They say Onmyoji2 is uninterestingly lethargic, I find myself excited to watch the original ones. Onmyoji2 tells the early period of Japan were humans and apparitions live together in the skin of the world. It overtures us to the mythical land of Japan where mighty priest yield the best figure because of the presence of demons. The mood of the film shows maybe the usual murky age, where no one would dare to walk alone on abandoned streets and alleys. It always intrigued me the way Mansai Nomura's character portray his attributes—calm, happy-go-lucky, fond of playing jokes and quite secretive. Thus it always leaves me wondering about his background.

I worthwhile to peer rare national mythologies…