| Directer: | Yoichi Sai |
| Starring: | Hirofumi Arai, Jo Adagiri, Kyoka Suzuki, Takeshi Kitano, Tomoko Tabata |
| Countries: | Japan |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Type: | Color |
| Language: | Japanese with English Subtitles |
| Length: | 144 mins. |
| Aspect Ratio: | 1.78:1 |
Synopsis
'BEAT' TAKESHI KITANO
Directed by Yoichi Sai
Internationally acclaimed actor and director Takeshi Kitano gives his most captivating performance yet as Kim Shunpei, a Korean immigrant in Japan whose life is a disturbing tableau of cruelty, abuse and shocking violence. Kim is a despicable man who physically and emotionally assaults everyone around him ‹ the workers at his fish cake factory, his mistress, his estranged wife, and his entire family. Ruthlessly pursuing success at any cost, he wastes away his earnings while keeping the people closest to him in desperate need.
Spanning several decades and adapted from the semi-autobiographical novel by Korean-Japanese author Yang Seok-Il, Blood and Bones is a fiercely beautiful film that exposes the raw brutality of unchecked ambition and greed. Winner of four Japanese Academy Awards, including Best Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay, Blood and Bones was Japan's official entry as the Best Foreign Language Film for the 2006 Academy Awards.
Japan 2004 144 min. Color Letterboxed (1.78:1)
Enhanced for 16x9 TVs In Japanese with optional English subtitles
BLOOD AND BONES
directed by YOICHI SAI screenplay by YOICHI SAI and CHONG WI-SHING based
on the novel by YANG SEOK-IL
cinematography TAKESHI HAMADA music TARO IWASHIRO editor YOSHIYUKI OKUHARA
with TAKESHI KITANO, HIROFUMI ARAI, TOMOKO TABATA, JO ADAGIRI, and KYOKA
SUZUKI
Critical Acclaim
"Kitano's best performance of an illustrious career. - TIME MAGAZINE
"...A kimchi flavored, Nipponese blend of The Godfather and East of Eden - Variety
Extras on DVD
Enhanced for 16x9 TVs
Japanese with optional English subtitles
