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Chi to hone

2004
Drama
2h 20m
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, processed seafood products, in his poor Korean-Japanese community exploiting 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... (imdb)
Directed by:
Yoichi Sai
Written by:
Yoichi Sai Wui-Sin Chong Sogil Yan
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Starring:
Takeshi Kitano Takeshi Kitano Joe Odagiri Joe Odagiri Yutaka Matsushige Yutaka Matsushige Hirofumi Arai Hirofumi Arai Kyôka Suzuki Kyôka Suzuki Tomoko Tabata
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Genre:
Drama
AKA:
Blood and Bones
Country:
Japan
Languages:
Japanese, Korean
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Chi to hone

2004
Drama
2h 20m
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lrampartllrampartl
Rated 13 Apr 2009
52
34th
Kind of like the dramatic equivalent of Meet the Parents. You never really get a break from awful event after awful event, and you can't empathize with any of the characters. At the end, I didn't know what to take away from this.
Rated 13 Apr 2009
djrossdjross
Rated 11 Mar 2012
72
81st
Relentlessly brutal domestic melodrama with some interesting historico-political observation and quite a few memorable moments.
Rated 11 Mar 2012
joojooJooJoo
Rated 06 Feb 2013
4
55th
Despite a nearly 150 minute streak of Beat Takeshi kicking the crap out of everyone/thing in his vicinity this all comes off as rather boring. The main problem being its focus is all over the place with a far-reaching narrative of several decades, but limited focus on all the characters and situations we come into contact with.
Rated 06 Feb 2013
hotsakehotsake
Rated 02 Apr 2024
63
59th
None of the characters have any real depth and Kintano, as much as he is on screen, seems wasted in this role. This was a grim, plotting, one-note movie that well made failed to really interest or entertain me in any way.
Rated 02 Apr 2024
nathandarkoNathanDarko
Rated 31 May 2009
90
79th
Kitano gave you no minute to catch your breathe, like redpatriot already said, you get confronted with one awul event after the other."beat" Kitano himself plays the violent Kim Shun-Pei who brings pain and fear among his hole family.This is a very intense & exhausting Drama
Rated 31 May 2009
woozybWoozyB
Rated 14 Aug 2012
75
45th
Jesus Christ that's what I get for going 'oh Takeshi, I'll watch that' without doing any research. It's a pretty movie, and well-made for a period piece. Which of course is negated by the endless existentialist horrible fucking protagonist. An exercise in watching a person be despicable in all ways for 2 hours. If it's 'based on a true story', I hope the guy got the shit beat out of him a few times in his life.
Rated 14 Aug 2012
shewasSheWas
Rated 06 Dec 2011
49
41st
Throws you in between desperation, violence, mutilation and roughness, not a pleasant experience for anyone, but surly enough intense. The godfather on speed.
Rated 06 Dec 2011

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