Zatōichi [videorecording]
- Publication/Creation:
- [Calif.?] : Miramax Films ; Burbank, Calif. : Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2003]
- Resource Type:
- Video or Visual Material
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- Zatōichi [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
- Related/Included Titles:
- Sonachine (Motion picture)
- Variant Titles:
- Title on container's spine: Blind swordsman : Zatoichi
Title on container: Blind Swordsman ; Sonatine
Sonatine
Related Names
- Additional Author/Creators:
- Bīto Takeshi
Okuyama, Kazuyoshi
Asano, Tadanobu
Okusa, Michiyo
Watanabe, Tetsu
Bandai Bijuaru Kabushiki Kaisha
Ofisu Kitano
Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha
Miramax Films
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Martial arts films
Action and adventure films
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Subjects:
- Samurai--Drama
Swordsmen--Drama
Yakuza--Drama
Motion pictures--Japan
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- Zatōichi (116 min.) -- Sonatine (94 min.).
- Summary:
- Zatōichi: "Blind Zatoichi makes his living by gambling and giving massages. But behind his humble facade, Zatoichi is a master swordsman, gifted with lightning-fast draw and strokes of breathtaking precision. Zatoichi wanders into a town run by sinister gangs and a powerful samurai. He's destined for violent showdowns when he stumbles on two beautiful geishas avenging their parents' murder"--C.f. IMDB (viewed May 24, 2005).
Sonatine: "A world-weary yakuza in Tokyo is assigned to take his clan to Okinawa to help settle a dispute between two factions. He's suspicious of the assignment, but he goes, and within a couple days, his role remains unclear and several of men are dead. He retreats to a house on a remote beach to wait. The first night there, he rescues a young woman from an assault, and they develop a playful relationship. Over time, it becomes clear he's been set up, sent to Okinawa so that others can take over his lucrative territory. As his clan dwindles, he plans a revenge"--C.f. IMDB (viewed May, 24, 2005). - Language:
- Japanese
English
French - Language Note:
- Zatōichi: original Japanese or English language soundtrack with optional subtitles in English, Spanish and French; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired (English); Sonatine: original Japanese language track, French language track, subtitles in English and Spanish.
- Physical Type/Description:
- 2 videodiscs (210 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Technical Note:
- DVD, region 1; Dolby digital surround sound.
- General Note:
- Zatōichi originally released as a motion picture in 2003; Sonatine originally released in 1998.
At head of title on container: Double feature collection.
Special features: Zatōichi: behind-the-scenes special, exclusive interviews with Katsumi Yanagishima, Norihiro Isoda, Kazuko Kurosawa and Tatsumi Nikamoto; Sonatine: Beat Takeshi interview, prologue and epilogue by Quentin Tarantino. - Participant/Performer Note:
- Zatōichi: Beat Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Michiyo Okusa, Yui Natsukawa, Guadalcanal Taka.
Sonatine: Beat Takeshi Kitano, Tetsu Watanabe. - Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Zatōichi : Zatoichi: producer, Masayuki Mori, Tsinehisa Saito ; author, screenwriter, Kan Shimozawa ; cinematographer, Katsumi Yanagishima.
Sonatine: producers, Masayuki Mori, Hisao Nabeshima, Takio Yoshida; produced by Kazuyoshi Okuyama ; written and directed by Takeshi Kitano.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990003445530302486
- ISBN:
- 0788857517
9780788857515 - OCLC Number:
- 56939662
- Publisher Number:
- 38449 Miramax Home Entertainment
- Barcode:
- 010001008167
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