Director Yoichi Sai and star Takeshi Kitano have produced something very heavy. Kitano gives another amazing performance, one that must have been quite an ordeal for a sane man to portray. I can't say this is a pleasurable experience, but it is certainly a moving one that leaves ...( read more)
Atsushi Ito,
Hirofumi Arai,
Jae Baxley,
Jô Odagiri,
Kyoka Suzuki
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In 1923, the Korean teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kamaboko, pro...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 11, 2008
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January 6, 2009
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April 5, 2008
Takeshi Kitano puts the "beat" in Beat Takeshi. Forget Daniel Plainsview, here is a portrait of a man who hates humanity. It's odd to see such an epic movie about such a detestable man, who rapes, cheats and abuses people throughout his life. Lowest on his priority list is his...( read more)
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September 6, 2008
Brutal, unforgiving and emotionally taxing with terrific performances all round especially from Takeshi Kitano.
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August 25, 2008
the best Kitano here. real RAW homeviolence. real RAW Kitano, and no laughs, not at all. aww, this brings great feelings.
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June 19, 2008
A stunning film that was so very real it was disturbing. This movie is classic asian drama in that it holds nothing back and lets the viewer experience every hardship this family endured to the fullest. Kitano keeps the feel of the film at it's most depressive state as his own ...( read more)
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January 8, 2008
Blood & Bones, does anyone know what this film is? Of course not. I didn?t know either, before I watched it. Indeed, when the name of the main actor is bigger than the title of the film (on the poster), it is because it might not be a very important film. I obviously rented that ...( read more)
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