Sonatine [videorecording]
2009
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Original and elegaic Yakuza drama from cult actor-director Takeshi 'Beat' Kitano. Murakawa (Kitano) is a powerful and trusted gangster who is persuaded to travel to Okinawa to help clear up a dispute between rival gangs. The task proves anything but easy, and as bloody conflict erupts around him, Murakawa realises that he has been set up, and decides to retreat to a secret seaside hideaway, where he and his friends kill time and play games as they wait for their enemies to arrive.
Main title:
Sonatine [videorecording] / producer, Masayuki Mori.
Author:
BÕito Takeshi, directorHisaishi, JÕo, 1950-, musicKokumai, Aya, actorWatanabe, Tetsu, actorKatsumura, Masanobu, actor
Imprint:
Second Sight, 2009.
Collation:
1 videodisc (93 min.) : col.
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio (1:1.78 (16:9) widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (Japanese), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Other Language Sound Dolby Digital 2.0, Subtitles (English), Commentary (Chris D (author of 'Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film')).Made in 1993.Credits: music, Joe Hisaishi.DVDN.Credits: director, Takeshi 'Beat' Kitano; writer, Takeshi 'Beat' Kitano; editor, Takeshi 'Beat' Kitano; music, Joe Hisaishi.Credits: director, Takeshi Kitano; writer, Takeshi Kitano; editor, Takeshi Kitano; music, Joe Hisaishi.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Aya Kokumai, Tetsu Watanabe, Masanobu Katsumura, Ren Ohsugi, Susumu Terajima, Tonbo Zushi, Kenichi Yajima, Eiji Minakata.
Audience:
BBFC code: 18.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
JapaneseEnglish
BRN:
931532
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