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By Andrew B (2,971) on 14 Aug 2007

Kitano writes, directs and acts in his best movie, and one of the great Japanese movies of recent years…

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By John S (2,711) on 25 Jul 2007

Violence and beauty go hand in hand in this kitano masterpiece…

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By Zachary S (404) on 24 Jul 2007

I have to respect the fact that this film and its director attempt to combine two polar opposites in Asian film making (Ozu and Woo)…

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By Ben D (1,196) on 18 Jul 2007

Beat Takeshi has not been better than this, great story and great to look at…

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By Anil C (3) on 10 Jul 2007

Everything that's incredible about Kitano rolled into one film…

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By Garland H (35) on 09 Jul 2007

Great, straight forward Yakuza movie...incredibly Japanese. In every single possible way…

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By Christopher J (371) on 01 Jul 2007

Hey, you want some ice cream No. You stabbed me in the belly, it still hurts Big ol' Tarantino influence…

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By Sam B (1,226) on 26 Jun 2007

Simplicity at its finest. Kitano has done something very few gangster movies have done: make the gangsters human…

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By Gareth C (72) on 24 Jun 2007

What could I say.... I cried from the brilliance of darkness and the mixture of childness…

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By Steve C (928) on 20 Jun 2007

This has to be the most creative gangster movie i'd seen in a long time. the sumo scenes are hilarious…

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By Burton D (68) on 17 Jun 2007

My introduction to yakuza. And a great one at that…

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By Phill N (4) on 17 Jun 2007

One of my favourite films ever. quite artistic yet really funny. basically its a look at what the yakuza do in their spare time…

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By Oliver K (208) on 14 Jun 2007

Very powerful film, and worth watching if you want to see Hana-bi beta 0.9 Worth watching for Kitano's insight on why violent people do what…

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By Okkay W (41) on 13 Jun 2007

Awesome film! Blew me away, watch if u like Kitano/arty films…

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By Alex C (1,429) on 12 Jun 2007

This existential yakusa movie remains my favourite of Kitano's films (closely followed by the more humanist/populist Zatoichi)…

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By Mike J. M (49) on 09 Jun 2007

Not quite as good as I hoped, being a Kitano fan, but it was pretty decent…

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By Mark R (985) on 08 Jun 2007

One of Kitano's best. Gorgeous landscapes…

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By Dave M (1,479) on 06 Jun 2007

The only thing I admit to liking about this movie is Joe Hisaishi's song Play on the Sands…

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By Ashley M (744) on 06 Jun 2007

My first Takeshi Kitano film- I expected gratuitous macho bloody violence, but Kitano knows how to hit hard without being heavy…

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By John R (2,501) on 05 Jun 2007

Shit. Gangsters are shit. Even if they are Japanese…

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