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Writer:
Takeshi Kitano (written by)
Release Date:
24 November 2000 (Italy)
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Tagline:
The one guy you trust to get your back when a whole city's trying to put a bullet in it. more
Plot:
A Japanese Yakuza gangster is exiled to the United States. Takeshi settles in Los Angeles where his younger...
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Awards:
1 win
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(4 articles)
Holiday Preview: Anywhere But a Movie Theater
(From IFC. 4 November 2009, 11:14 AM, PST)
Takashi Miike to remake Eiichi Kudo’s 1963 film ‘Thirteen Assassins’!
(From Twitch. 12 May 2009, 4:35 PM, PDT)
(From IFC. 4 November 2009, 11:14 AM, PST)
Takashi Miike to remake Eiichi Kudo’s 1963 film ‘Thirteen Assassins’!
(From Twitch. 12 May 2009, 4:35 PM, PDT)
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Kitano invades LA - almost succeeds
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Takeshi Kitano | ... | Aniki Yamamoto (as 'Beat' Takeshi) |
 | Omar Epps | ... | Denny |
 | Kurôdo Maki | ... | Ken (as Claude Maki) |
| Masaya Katô | ... | Shirase |
| Susumu Terajima | ... | Kato |
| Royale Watkins | ... | Jay |
 | Lombardo Boyar | ... | Mo |
| Ren Ôsugi | ... | Harada |
 | Ryo Ishibashi | ... | Ishihara |
| James Shigeta | ... | Sugimoto |
 | Tatyana Ali | ... | Latifa |
| Makoto Ôtake | ... | Chief of Police |
| Kouen Okumura | ... | Hanaoka |
| Naomasa Musaka | ... | Hisamatsu |
| Rino Katase | ... | Night Club Madame |
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MPAA:
Rated R for pervasive strong violence, language and brief nudity.
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Runtime:
114 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
France:-16 |
Canada:16+ (Quebec) |
Portugal:M/16 |
Italy:T |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:R |
Finland:K-18 |
Germany:18 |
Hong Kong:III |
Japan:R-15 |
Netherlands:16 |
New Zealand:R18 |
Norway:18 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:18 |
USA:R (cut) |
Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) |
Singapore:R(A)
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Kitano reputedly had problems working with Masaya Katô. Kato had his own ideas, and Kitano would get so upset that he would yell at him. In the scene where Aniki tells Shirase to put out the cigars, it is really Kitano yelling at Kato.
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Continuity: The car that explodes is a Lexus. When the gang see the flaming wreck, it's a different car.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
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Casta Diva che inargenti
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This is the 4th Kitano film I've seen recently. It has most of the characteristics of the other films - the sudden, shocking violence, the impassive silences, the same supporting actors, the obligatory seaside scene. But the shift to an American location weakens it, despite the excellent contributions of the US actors, especially Omar Epps.
But the core, unmissable qualities of a Kitano film remain. Takeshi Kitano must be the natural successor to Clint Eastwood as an anti-hero. Most of the stylised violence takes place off-screen, with a flash of humour, then the after-effects vividly on display. The sound-track from Joe Hisaishi matches the screen action perfectly, at times an aggressive supplement to the violence, at other times hauntingly peaceful.
The ending is the film's weakest part, as though Kitano pandered to imagined (or real) American requirements. The out-of-town setting and road movie elements fit uncomfortably with the rest of the film. But if this is the compromise needed to get Kitano to make more films out of Japan, it must be worthwhile.