Atsushi Ito, Hirofumi Arai, Jae Baxley, Jô Odagiri, Kyoka Suzuki ...( see more  see more... ) , Mari Hamada , Shuuji Kashiwabara , Takeshi Kitano , Tomoko Tabata , Yûko Nakamura

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  read more... )cessed seafood products, in his poor Korean-Japanese community exploring his employees. He makes fortune, abuses and destroys the lives of his wife and family, having many mistresses and children and showing no respect to anybody. Later he closes the factory, lending the money with high interests and becoming a loan shark. His hatred behavior remains until his last breath, alone in North Korea.

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Directed by: Yoichi Sai

Release Date: November 6, 2004

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DVD Release Date: November 11, 2008

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  • January 6, 2009
    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)you feeling rather numb.

    The film does go beyond only being about the central character, Kim. It also presents a detailed recreation of a time during rising Japanese militancy, the situation of ethnic Koreans in Japan, the effects of the post war collapse and much more, all told from a unique perspective; inside the culture enough to speak of it but also outside enough to be openly critical. It also shows, in detail, the ongoing generational consequences of family violence.
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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) own family, and it's his son who narrates the story. Taken from a autobiographical novel, this movie is a slap in the face to audiences, constantly reminded them that the world can be a terrible place and usually the bad aren't punished. A very good film that may get a higher rating after I get over the initial shock of such a downbeat film.
  • November 12, 2009
    Super gr8 movie to see,
    Action all the way!
  • September 6, 2008
    Brutal, unforgiving and emotionally taxing with terrific performances all round especially from Takeshi Kitano.
  • August 25, 2008
    the best Kitano here. real RAW homeviolence. real RAW Kitano, and no laughs, not at all. aww, this brings great feelings.
  • 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)personal frustrations and anger continue to be passed on to his family and those close to him. His hate fuels him as he shows no mercy to any of those around him. The performance is stunning along with his wife and young son. The film utilizes the themes of the lifestyle of Korean immigrants in Japan along with family to tell a story that is quite horrifying, the film has intense violence, rape, and deals with issues like suicide and domestic abuse. It's a very good film and deserved all the praise it got though is definitely not for the weak of heart.
  • 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)movie because it was written, in capital letters, KITANO, on the top of the DVD.

    I absolutely loved Kitano in Battle Royale. I think, excepting Chi to hone, that it?s the only movie starring Takeshi Kitano I?ve seen. He actually made Battle Royale so devastating. He was perfect, I think. In Chi to hone, it?s basically the same. The only thing different is that he IS the movie. He is the only reason why Blood & Bones captivated my interesting for those two and a half hours. What is funny is that on the DVD Kitano is written in bigger letters than the title of the movie, which is a proof of what I am saying. Hehe.

    Chi to hone doesn?t have a good plot. In fact, it is mostly based on the character of Kitano, which is a violent, greedy and disrespectful individual. He might be the most hateful character I have ever seen in a movie. He rapes and fights everything that moves. It?s no surprise that Blood & Bones is extremely heavy and hard to watch. Every scenes are, indeed, so much realistic that we all hate Kim Shun-Pei, Kitano?s character.

    On the other hand, Blood & Bones is precisely centered on him, so it makes the movie plotless. There is no real story, just a man mistreating his wife and his children and his employees. Because of that, the movie seemed slow-paced to me, but yet interesting. I do not regret having rented that film, only to have seen an unappealing character, played by a perfectly cruel Takeshi Kitano.

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