Yoichi SAI

Blood And Bones

Nippon Cinema   ª 

In 1923, Korean Shun-pei Kim arrives in Osaka, but there’s only hardship waiting for him. Kim responds with brutality, exploiting the work force of his family. Running a fish factory, he finally acquires wealth, but doesn't stop terrorizing everyone around him.

Japan 2004

144 minutes

Director
Yoichi SAI

Script
Yoichi SAI, Wi-Shing CHONG based on a novel by Sogiru YAN

Cinematography
Tsuyoshi HAMADA

Music
Taro IWASHIRO

Production
Be-Wild

World sales
Celluloid Dreams

Cast
Takeshi KITANO, Hirofumi ARAI, Tomoko TABATA, Joe ODAGIRI, Kyoka SUZUKI

About Yoichi SAI

Yoichi SAI, born in Nagano in 1949, is considered one of the most important Japanese directors of the 1990s; in his great success ALL UNDER THE MOON he was one of the first to deal with the fate of the Korean minority living in Japan, to which he himself belongs.

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