Onimusha Coming To The Silver Screen, Details Within
Christophe Gans’ film adaptation of Silent Hill was a great exercise on capturing the setting and mood of a game beautifully, even though the plot contained some holes. When Sony Pictures announced the sequel, many a fan was disappointed that Gans and screenwriter Roger Avery would be absent from the production. Gans isn’t leaving gaming very far behind, since he is currently working on adapting Onimusha to the silver screen.
The first bits of the plot has been revealed on ComingSoon.net. Carefull reading though there are [SPOILERS] afoot.
In feudal Japan, 1582, the warlord Nobunaga is ambushed by ninjas, led by the brave samurai Samanosuke. Trapped, Nobunaga commits seppuku, but two sinister sorcerers reanimate Nobunaga's corpse with a half-human insect larvae. The resurrected Nobunaga orders the capture of two very special women to fulfill his evil plans.When Britta, the daughter of a Dutch merchant, is abducted on board a ship by seemingly invincible warriors, her tutor and confidant Jacob pursues her captors, vowing to rescue her at all costs. Meanwhile, the beautiful Princess Yuki is also kidnapped, this time by ninjas that reveal themselves, incredibly, to be part spider. In search of Yuki, Samanosuke joins forces with Jacob to vanquish their common foe. In the Cave of Elders, he receives a magical sword that will slay all within its reach-friend or foe-and learns of a sinister ceremony at Inabayama Castle intended to blot out the sun.
Performing a dangerous, stealthy invasion of the castle, Samanosuke and Jacob find the women they love dressed as Moon Princess and Daughter of the Sun, ready to be wed to and ravished by Nobunaga. Aided by their allies, the two warriors attack the insectoid hordes, but Samanosuke falls in battle, seemingly dead. In a mystical encounter, he is given the option to survive and fight-but it comes at a terrible cost...
It sounds pretty great with Gans at the helm again. I’m interested to see how he will work on this production, which begins next year in April.
The Story for Christophe Gans' Onimusha [Comin Soon.net]
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Posted to Movies-DVDs, Videos on 7 November 2007
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this movie better have takeshi kaneshiro... *sigh* that nose...
Something about that plot-description rubs me the wrong way. I just can't put my finger on it.
Didn't Nobunaga commit suicide after his lover, Mori Ranmaru, died in the aformentioned battle? Their relationship is eluded to in the third game, I hope they mention it in the film somewhere...
ONIMUSHA PLOT MUST STAY TRUE TO THE FIRST GAME.
This plot is false and not true,the production team need to sort thing out before they start filming and Kaede should be in the film also have the Saito clan,Genmas and monsters all should be in the film and the plot should be based on the Onimusha Warlords game,all this spiders,Dutch and
all this crap of the plot should be crossed out and rewrite again and it has to be all dark as the story stays true the original game.
So to Mr Gans can you sort out this script and make sure all those Genma demone,Saito clan hunting Nobunaga and Kaede must be in the film and make it stay to the first Onimusha game please?
Thank You.
BRUCE ACOSTA
AUSTRALIA.