Bunraku (2010)
Movie | |
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German title | Bunraku |
Original title | Bunraku |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English , Japanese |
Publishing year | 2010 |
length | 120 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 16 |
Rod | |
Director | Guy Moshe |
script |
Boaz Davidson , Guy Moshe |
production |
Ram Bergman , Keith Calder , Nava Levin , Jessica Wu |
music | Terence Blanchard |
camera | Juan Ruiz Anchía |
cut |
Glenn Garland , Zach Staenberg |
occupation | |
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Bunraku is an American action film directed by Guy Moshe from the year 2010 with Josh Hartnett , Ron Perlman , Woody Harrelson , Gackt , Demi Moore and Kevin McKidd . The film title Bunraku describes a traditional form of Japanese puppet theater . The film is visually based on this form.
action
In an unspecified future, all firearms will be banned after a war. People fight each other with swords and fists.
A nameless stranger appears in a town ruled by gang boss Nicola and his killers. In the “Rider without Horse” saloon , he meets the bartender and Yoshi, who wants to fulfill his late father's last wish: to bring back an amulet that was stolen from his village. Nicolas right-hand man, killer number 2, kills Yoshi's uncle and kidnaps his cousin. Yoshi learns that Nicola has the stolen amulet. With the help of the shopkeepers suppressed by Nicolas killers, the nameless and Yoshi can penetrate Nicolas Burg. In one-on-one battles they can kill Killer No. 2 and Nicola. The nameless person reveals that this is the revenge on Nicola for killing his father.
production
Filming
The shooting took place in Romania in the summer of 2008 with a budget of 25 million US dollars . The film was shot within 12 weeks. The opening sequence was created by Brazilian filmmaker Guilherme Marcondes .
publication
Premiere Bunraku on 11 September 2010 at the Toronto International Film Festival . After screenings at various film festivals, the film was shown in the United States in September 2011 on a smaller scale in cinemas. In the German-speaking countries, the film was released directly on the home theater market in October 2011 .
synchronization
The German-language dubbing was done by Splendid Sychnron based on a dialogue book by Hans-Jürgen Wolf , who also directed the dialogue .
role | Actress | German dubbing voice |
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The drifter | Josh Hartnett | Simon hunter |
Yoshi | Gackt | Marcel Collé |
Bartender | Woody Harrelson | Thomas Nero Wolff |
Nicola | Ron Perlman | Tilo Schmitz |
Killer No. 2 | Kevin McKidd | Gerald Schaale |
Alexandra | Demi Moore | Claudia Urbschat-Mingues |
Boris Patz | Gabriel Spahiu | Stefan Staudinger |
croupier | Andrei Araditz | Viktor Neumann |
Eddie | Mark Ivanir | Tobias Kluckert |
general | Theodor Danetti | Peter Groeger |
Killer No. 4 | Fernando Chien | Edwin Gellner |
Yoshi's uncle | Shun Sugata | Hans-Jürgen Wolf |
Deputy Mayor | Ion Lupu | Reinhard Kuhnert |
Valentine | Jordi Mollà | Jörg Döring |
teller | Mike Patton | Engelbert von Nordhausen |
Reviews
The Rotten Tomatoes platform received mostly negative reviews: only 4 out of 23 critics rate the film positively, which corresponds to a value of 17%. The film magazine Cinema criticized that the film was visually attractive but still flat. The LdiF assessed that the simple story would come up with excellent actors and captivate with its visual design. The film currently has 6.2 out of 10 points on the IMDb Internet platform (as of August 31, 2018).
Web links
- Bunraku in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for Bunraku . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2011 (PDF; test number: 128 954 V).
- ↑ Ram Bergman, producer, Bunraku. ScreenDaily.com , accessed September 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Who Is Guilherme Marcondes. Flux.net , accessed September 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Bunraku (2010) - Release Info. Internet Movie Database , accessed September 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Bunraku. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on September 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Bunraku at Rotten Tomatoes (English), accessed on August 31, 2018
- ^ Bunraku film. Cinema , accessed September 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Bunraku. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Bunraku (2010) - User ratings. Internet Movie Database , accessed August 31, 2018 .