Blood and Bones

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Movie: Blood and Bones
Romaji: Chi to hone
Japanese: 血と骨
Director: Yoichi Sai
Writer: Sogil Yan (novel), Yoichi Sai, Wui Sin Chong
Producer: Nozomu Enoki, Masaaki Wakasugi
Cinematographer Takeshi Hamada
Release Date: November 6, 2004
Runtime: 140 min
Distributor: Shochiku, Xanadeux
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

In 1923, KIM Shun-pei left Cheju, an isolated island in the far South of Korea for Osaka, Japan, dreaming of making his fortune in a new land.

Contrary to his hopes, what was waiting for Shun-pei in Japan was a brutal life of discrimination and hard labour. With his remarkable physical strength, cunning and ruthlessness he overcomes the odds stacked against him and opens a kamaboko (steamed fish cake) factory, which before long is a success, bringing him the fortune he coveted for so long. However, with no limit to his obsession for money, Shun-pei gradually transforms himself into a ruthless loan shark.

BLOOD AND BONES paints an unflinching portrait of a man's deeply bound to his ego and obsessions and the web of turmoil his wife, mistress, children, relatives and all those around him are drawn into as a result of his choices and brutal, violent nature. Based on a true story by Sogiru Yan, Beat Takeshi portrays the epic rise and fall of a first generation Korean man in a defining role.

Cast

Takeshi Kitano - Joon-pyong Kim
Hirofumi Arai - Masao Kim
Tomoko Tabata - Hanako Kim
Joe Odagiri - Takeshi Park
Kyoka Suzuki - Yong-hee Lee
Yuko Nakamura - Kiyoko Yamanashi
Mari Hamada - Sadako Toritani
Atsushi Ito - Yong-il / Young Joon-pyong
Shuuji Kashiwabara - San-myung Jang
Kazuki Kitamura - Yoshio Motoyama
Jun Kunimura - Yong-sang Jo
Yutaka Matsushige - Nobuyoshi Ko
Naoyuki Morita - Young Masao
Mami Nakamura - Sanae Otani
Takashi Nishina - Yong-su Kim
Kozo Sato - Tae-su Kim
Sansei Shiomi - Sung-ki Kim
Miako Tadano - Chun-mi Kim
Susumu Terajima - Hee-bom Park
Kohei Kiyasu - Tokuyama
Shoken Kunimoto
Shion Hatakeyama
Misuki Mizushima
Manami Hisamoto - narrator

Awards

2005 (28th) Japan Academy Prize - February 18, 2005
- "Director of the Year"
- "Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role" (Kyoka Suzuki)
- "Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role" (Joe Odagiri)
2004 (47th) Blue Ribbon Awards - February 14, 2005
- "Best Supporting Actor" ("Joe Odagiri")