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Gonin Details

1995

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Starring	Kazuya Kimura, 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Masahiro Motoki, Toshiyuki Nagashima
Director	Takashi Ishii
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema

Gonin

Set in an economically depressed part of Japan, Takashi Ishii's GONIN features five men, all down on their luck, who decide to band together for one spectacular heist. But when things don't go quite as planned, they have to defend themselves against the local Yakuza. Ishii's film, starring Japan's version of Clint Eastwood--the always remarkable "Beat" Takeshi Kitano--is a hip, almost operatic action movie that places emphasis on male bonding and shows the influence of filmmakers Sergio Leone and Sam Peckinpah.

Starring	Kazuya Kimura, 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Masahiro Motoki, Toshiyuki Nagashima
Director	Takashi Ishii
Studio	AMAZON WEB
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 50 mins
Certificate
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema
Language	DVD: Japanese
Released	Production year: 1995 To Rent: DVD: 03 Dec 2001

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- "...[It is] the dankly chic subterranean ambiance that lends GONIN an icy intensity. The settings are drenched in rain-washed neon colors that sustain an atmosphere of garish urban melancholy..."
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- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
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- - 5
  - 0
  Gonin - Gonin - Gone!
  
  This is not a 'Beat' Takeshi film in the usual sense. He is not directing this one, and it loses a star for that. Takeshi is a powerful actor, but an ... read more »
  
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  - Ian Davies
  - South Wales
  - 16 May 2005 at 17:37
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  Dark Rain
  
  The film takes place in Osaka, an industrial port city in the center of Japan. There's a scene half way through the movie when one of the five protagonists ... read more »
  
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  - Leicester
  - 12 Jan 2009 at 21:57
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  Very disappointing
  
  Perhaps I went into this with the wrong expectations, but none of this film seemed to make any sense. The characters are either random or bizarre, the scenes ... read more »
  
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  - Wareham
  - 10 Jun 2008 at 11:06
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  Stopnin
  
  Gonin is a pretty poor offereing compared to other movies from the same genre and those starring Beat Takeshi. The action was so so, the characters two ... read more »
  
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- - Sean Wallace
  - molesey, surrey
  - 16 Dec 2005 at 00:12
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  Set in an economically depressed part of Japan, Takashi Ishii's GONIN features five men, all down on their luck, who decide to band together for one spectacular heist. But when things don't go quite as planned, they have to defend themselves against the local Yakuza. Ishii's film, starring Japan's ...