azumi be an unconvincing and poorly direct film . the main problem be the casting of a girl who in no way have the physical dexterity and grace or strength to pull off the fight scene . aya ueto look frail and she move very slowly in the action scene and the complete opposite of ziyi zhang in house of fly dagger . all the sharp cutting and ridiculous camera angle can do nothing to hide her lack of skill and rhythm . the film a a whole be a mess . it want to be a mix of yojimbo and battle royal but fail miserably . towards the latter part of the movie and comedy seem to want to take over and strange cartoon like noise suddenly accompany the action and i find them completely out of place . with the highly tune and masterful direction of such action film a house of fly dagger and crouch tiger and hidden dragon and the fight scene in this movie seem half baked . not enough think have go into the choreography and it show . men just seem to fall down a azumi skip by .