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Thursday, July 12, 2007
Sonatine
Is now the second movie I've seen by Takeshi Kitano (the first being the blind samurai movie, Zatoichi). As I was watching Sonatine, I had absolutely no idea what to make of it. It rapidly changes from serious gangster movie to near-farce, and changes back and forth a number of times. Roughly, it's about a Yakuza who wants to retire and then is forced to. It's hard to describe more without giving anything away, other than to say that at the end of the movie I felt somewhat bewildered.
But the more I think about the movie, the more I appreciate about it. The main character is quite fascinating, and one gets, by the end, an almost complete sense of his life. I hope I'm not raising expectations too high here, but I really do recommend it. Be sure to go into it with an open mind, though.
Is now the second movie I've seen by Takeshi Kitano (the first being the blind samurai movie, Zatoichi). As I was watching Sonatine, I had absolutely no idea what to make of it. It rapidly changes from serious gangster movie to near-farce, and changes back and forth a number of times. Roughly, it's about a Yakuza who wants to retire and then is forced to. It's hard to describe more without giving anything away, other than to say that at the end of the movie I felt somewhat bewildered.
But the more I think about the movie, the more I appreciate about it. The main character is quite fascinating, and one gets, by the end, an almost complete sense of his life. I hope I'm not raising expectations too high here, but I really do recommend it. Be sure to go into it with an open mind, though.
Comments:
oooh -- beat takeshi! I keep seeing this guy on Japanese tv and wondering who he is. One day I'll watch one of his movies...
After reading the Wikipedia article on him, I was going to ask you if you've seen him on TV :)
Oh! I just read you're going to Okinawa. Sonatine is (mostly) set in Okinawa.
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