Zatōichi [videorecording] : [videorecording] / Shōchiku, Office Kitano ; seisaku Bandai Bijuaru [and others] ; gensaku Shimozawa Kan ; kantoku, kyakuhon Kitano Takeshi. Sonatine / Bandai Visual, Shōchiku Daiichi Kōgyō Production ; seisaku Okuyama Kazuyoshi ; kantoku, kyakuhon Kitano Taeshi.
座頭市
Zotoichi: Ichi, a blind masseur who lives by the Yakuza code determined to help the desperate residents of a village.
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| Other title: | Zatōichi (Motion picture) 座頭市 (Motion picture) Title on container: Blind swordsman: Zatoichi. Additional title on container: Sonatine. Sonachine (Motion picture) ソナチネ (Motion picture) |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Japanese English French Spanish |
| Donor: | With the compliments of the Japan Foundation. |
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[Place of publication not identified] : Burbank, Calif. :
Miramax Films ; Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
©2003.
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| Edition: | Widescreen. |
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| Summary: | Zotoichi: Ichi, a blind masseur who lives by the Yakuza code determined to help the desperate residents of a village. Sonatine; Murakawa, an established and ruthless yakuza, is sent outside his usual turf to intervene in a gang war on the tropical island of Okinawa. Things go badly and he and his gang get caught in the crossfire. |
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| Item Description: | Date from end credits. Zatoichi based on the novel by Shimozawa Kan. Zatoichi originally produced as a motion picture in 2003. Sonatine originally produced as a motion picture in 1993. Special features: behind-the-scenes special ; exclusive interviews with crew ; Beat Takeshi interview ; prologue and epilogue by Quentin Tarantino. |
| Physical Description: | 2 DVDs (116 min., 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital surround sound ; enhanced for 16x9 televisions. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: R. |
| Production Credits: | Zatōichi: Photography, Yanagijima Katsumi ; music, Suzuki Keiichi. Sonatine: Photography, Yanagijima Katsumi ; music, Hisaishi Jō |
| ISBN: | 0788857517 9780788857515 |
| Participant or Performer: | Zatoichi: Bīto Takeshi, Asano Tadanobu, Ōkusu Michiyo, Natsukawa Yui, Emoto Akira. Sonatine: Bīto Takeshi, Kokumai Aya, Watanabe Tetsu, Katsumura Masanobu. |
| Language: | The Blind Swordsman: original Japanese language track, optional English language track, subtitles in Spanish and French. Sonatine: original Japanese language track, French language track, subtitles in English and Spanish; closed-captioned. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | With the compliments of the Japan Foundation. |