Blood and Bones

2004 2h 24m JA

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6.6

SOLID

★6.6TMDB · 57

Drama

Synopsis

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In 1923, 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, processed seafood products, in his poor Korean-Japanese community exploiting his employees.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Takeshi Kitano
Joon-pyong Kim
Hirofumi Arai
Masao Kim
Kyoka Suzuki
Yong-hee Lee
Joe Odagiri
Takeshi Park
Yutaka Matsushige
Nobuyoshi Ko
Tomoko Tabata
Hanako Kim
Mari Hamada
Sadako Toritani
Atsushi Ito
Yong-il / Young Joon-pyong

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yōichi Sai
Writers: Yōichi Sai, Wishing Chong
Languages: Japanese, Korean
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Japanese, Korean.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yōichi Sai, shot by Takeshi Hamada. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Taro Iwashiro. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Yoshiyuki Okuhara shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Takeshi Kitano and Hirofumi Arai and Kyoka Suzuki carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0419515 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 57 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Yōichi Sai directs. Takeshi Hamada behind the camera. Taro Iwashiro scores. Yoshiyuki Okuhara cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese, Korean.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 22 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Japanese, Korean.
3Directed by Yōichi Sai, shot by Takeshi Hamada. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Taro Iwashiro. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Yoshiyuki Okuhara shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Takeshi Kitano and Hirofumi Arai and Kyoka Suzuki carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0419515 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 57 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 14 themes, including "immigrant", "based on novel or book", "abusive father", "osaka, japan".