Blood & Bones
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Blood & Bones |
| Original title | Chi to hone |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese , Korean |
| Publishing year | 2004 |
| length | 145 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Yōichi Sai |
| production | Nozomi Enoki , Masaki Wakasugi |
| music | Taro Iwashiro |
| camera | Hitoshi Takaya |
| cut | Yoshiyuki Okuhara |
| occupation | |
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Blood & Bones ( Japanese 血 と 骨 , Chi to hone , dt. Blood and Bones ) is a film by Yōichi Sai. The film is based on the novel by Yang Sogil , which in turn is based on a true story.
action
The mid- 20s years comes Shun-Pei Kim from Korea to Osaka to make a living there like many other Koreans. But despite his success with his own fish factory, Shun-Pei is a selfish, violent monster who cannot be told, so that he is a dreaded tyrant of his family, his workers and also in the neighborhood. He doesn't care about his fellow human beings, including his children or his wife, whom he regularly rapes. The only exception is the Japanese Kiyoko, a widow for whom he leaves his wife in order to start a new life with her. She is the only person he cares about even after having a stroke and being physically and mentally disabled.
After his fish factory went down, he opened a credit bureau and terrorized those who didn't pay him back. In addition, his ex-wife becomes ill and needs money for treatment. His children ask him for help but are met with incomprehension by the stingy Shun-Pei. His family breaks up more and more and when he breaks down sick himself, there is no one to help him because he was never there for anyone. Only his brother is still with him. Shun-Pei carried on his loan trade for many years, and as old as new he wrote over his considerable fortune to the state of North Korea and died one day.
background
The novel on which the film is based was written by Kim Shun-Pei's real son Yang Sogil. A Korean song says, " I have my father's bones and my mother's blood ... "
various
Yōichi Sai insisted on making the film with Takeshi Kitano, so he even waited six years for Kitano to consent. Kitano's performance has received several awards. He performed this despite a shoulder injury. Kitano dislocated his right shoulder during the first few days of shooting, but he corrected it again himself.
Reviews
"Full of scenes of violence , leaves the action largely uninvolved, as the characters are drawn too one-dimensional."
“[Sai] portrays his hero and deeds with both relentless and absolute objectivity. [...] There is nothing scary in his look [...] but also no feeling. [… Sai] doesn't spare the audience anything. "
"Shunpei Kim [...] is one of the most repulsive figures that has ever graced a canvas."
"A more claustrophobic than excessive film."
"Kitano's performance is brilliant [...] two and a half hours of domestic violence in a row, but it takes a lot of getting used to."
“An epoch-making, masterfully executed work […] Shun-pei [is] the only character who has almost no development […] However, with so much sunshine it has to be said that one would like to know why the main character is so is a monster. "
“[… Sai] is not even looking for a way to generate sympathy for the monster. Even his death [...] is a bit of a disappointment because of this [sic] emotionless approach. [...] Disillusionment at a high level. "
Awards
- Best director
- Best Actress Kyoka Suzuki
- Best Supporting Actor Jō Odagiri
- Best director
- Best Actor Takeshi Kitano
- Best Supporting Actor Jō Odagiri
literature
- Daniel Steinhäuser: "Masculinity and Domestic Violence in the Film Blood & Bones ". In: Michiko Mae; Elisabeth Scherer (Ed.): Japan Pop Revolution - New trends in Japanese society reflected in pop culture . Düsseldorf University Press, 2011, ISBN 978-3-940671-45-5
Web links
- Blood & Bones in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Blood & Bones atRotten Tomatoes(English)
- Official site (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Blood & Bones in the Lexicon of International Films
- ↑ Mark Schilling: Portrait of the patriarch as a monster. In: The Japan Times Online. October 27, 2004, accessed on June 13, 2008 : “[…] views his hero and his acts with an objectivity both unrelenting and absolute. […] There is nothing chilling in this gaze […] but there is nothing sentimental either. [...] spares the audience nothing "
- ^ Ilya Garger, Michiko Toyama: Close to the Bone. In: Time . December 6, 2004, accessed on June 13, 2008 : "Shunpei Kim [...] is one of the least endearing characters ever to grace a movie screen"
- ↑ Tom Mes: Blood and Bones. In: Midnight Eye. Retrieved on June 13, 2008 : "[...] an almost claustrophobic rather than sprawling film"
- ^ Todd Brown: Blood and Bones (Chi To Hone) Review. (No longer available online.) In: Twitch. April 17, 2006, archived from the original on June 23, 2008 ; accessed on June 13, 2008 (English): "Kitano's performance is stellar [...] two and a half hours of continual domestic violence makes for very difficult going" Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Thorsten Hanisch: Blood and Bones (Japan 2004). In: The Manifesto. April 15, 2005, accessed June 13, 2008 .
- ^ Asian Movies - Japan 2004. Molodezhnaja.ch, accessed June 13, 2008 .
