In Film
Kasumi appeared in the 2006 action-comedy film DOA: Dead or Alive (loosely based on the game series) as one of its lead characters, and was played by Devon Aoki. Itagaki later expressed a preference for a Japanese actress, ideally Kumiko Gotoh "from the time right after she made her debut", but had no authority over the casting process. In an interview, Aoki said about Kasumi: "Yes, she's pretty badass and she's a princess. She's never been outside the palace walls. She's been very, very sheltered, because she's a princess and that's the way it is until the point where she actually decides to leave, she's basically been pretty sheltered but she's a capable fighter."
According to Kung Fu Tai Chi, DOA: Dead or Alive "focuses its pugilistic mayhem on the eye-candy surrounding the mythos of Princess Kasumi." In the movie, Kasumi escapes her clan and joins the tournament upon receiving an invitation. She fights against Leon and wins. Later, Kasumi pierces an acupuncture needle into the villain Victor Donovan, who then suffers paralysis and perishes in an explosion. In the end, she goes home with her brother despite being a runaway shinobi, but has to make a fighting stand against her clan with her new friends in order to be allowed to stay.
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