Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Would you like a little distraction? There's a new movie that's being described as one of the most over-the-top samurai movies ever made. (SOUNDBITE OF SWORD BATTLE) SIMON: It starts with the hero - not B.J. Leiderman, who writes our theme music - fighting off a hundred soldiers. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL") SIMON: And it doesn't grow more subtle. NPR's Neda Ulaby tells us more. And a warning - it's a samurai film. There are depictions of violence in this story. NEDA ULABY, BYLINE: "Blade Of The Immortal" is being celebrated as the 100th movie from a master of world cinema. Director Takashi Miike was born in Japan, and he averages about four movies a year - excessive, edgy, twisted, violent movies almost definitely unlike anything you've ever seen before. Grady Hendrix co-founded New York's Asian Film Festival. He's here with a few examples. GRADY HENDRIX: There is the movie "Happiness Of The Katakuris," about a
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