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Takeshi Kitano (written by)
Release Date:
10 April 1998 (USA) more
Tagline:
He's Japan's best kept secret - unleashed on America for the first time. more
Plot:
Several yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war escalates and the Tokyo drifters decide to lay low at the beach. full summary | add synopsis
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3 wins more
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Poetic vision of a hard man's lonely life more (72 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Takeshi Kitano | ... | Aniki Murakawa |
 | Aya Kokumai | ... | Miyuki |
| Tetsu Watanabe | ... | Uechi |
| Masanobu Katsumura | ... | Ryoji |
| Susumu Terajima | ... | Ken |
| Ren Ôsugi | ... | Katagiri |
| Tonbo Zushi | ... | Kitajima |
| Ken'ichi Yajima | ... | Takahashi |
| Eiji Minakata | ... | The Hit Man |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Rome Kanda | ... | Gangster |
| Houka Kinoshita | ... | A member of kitajima-gumi |
| Kôta Mizumori | ||
| Yuuki Natsusaka | ... | Murakawa-gumi kumiin |
| Kanji Tsuda | ||
| Kanta Yamazaki | ... | Waiter |
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Sonachine
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Rated R for bloody shootings, language and some sexuality.
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94 min
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France:-12 | Ireland:18 | South Korea:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Japan:R-15 | Norway:15 | Germany:16 (cut) | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Australia:MA
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References Sono otoko, kyôbô ni tsuki (1989) more
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This is exactly what I'd do if my gang's territory was being threatened by conspiracy and rivalry in the criminal underworld - hide out on a nice beach playing fantastic-looking firework and sumo games with me mates and some random passing woman, listening to crazy old men singing in incredible voices, watching out for assassins in fishing gear and generally building myself up for a massive showdown. Beat Takeshi is a genius with this kind of stuff, he makes his gangster a real man in full 3D, hardened by a hard life but still full of uncertainty and needs, and who in the world could have outdone his deadpan but humourous face, especially in those bleak final scenes. Shame about his appalling TV "comedy" though.