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Runin (Japan Version - English Subtitles)
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Okuda Eiji has a long and impressive filmography as an actor, and his directing career, though significantly more abbreviated, is no less noteworthy. He garnered much acclaim for his 2001 debut, Shoujo - An Adolescent, a controversial suburban drama about the illicit bond that forms between a bored policeman and a lonely teenage girl. For his 2004 sophomore work, Runin (a.k.a. Banished), Okuda collaborates again with cinematographer Ishii Hirokazu and writer Izuru Narushima (director of Fly, Daddy, Fly) to deliver a very different film - a grand period drama set against stark nature. Based on Dan Norihiko's novel, Runin brings together a talented cast of newcomers and veteran actors, including top actress Matsuzaka Keiko and famous ballet dancer Nishijima Kazuhiro.

Amidst the vast blue of the Pacific Ocean, the penal colony of Hachijou Island is home to exiled criminals of all sorts in the late Edo period. Left to scratch out existences in a harsh environment, the unfortunate inhabitants of Hachijou live by an almost primal code of raw emotions and desires and survival of the fittest. Toyogiku (Matsuzaka Keiko), a courtesan convicted for arson, continues her trade on Hachijou, selling her body as a means of survival. She falls in love with the island's newest arrival, Kisaburo (Nishijima Kazuhiro), a tough and charismatic gambler. Together they strive for happiness and homecoming, but the unrelenting conditions surrounding them offer little hope for freedom.

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Product Title: Runin (Japan Version - English Subtitles) Runin (日本版 - 英文字幕) Runin (日本版 - 英文字幕) るにん Runin (Japan Version - English Subtitles)
Artist Name(s): Matsuzaka Keiko | Kazuhiro Nisijima | Nezu Jinpachi | Ozawa Mayu | Kanayama Kazuhiko | Genkai Ryuji | Shimada Masahiko | Nasubi 松坂慶子 | 西島千博 | 根津甚八 | 小潭 Mayu | 金山一彥 | 玄海龍二 | 島田雅彥 | Nasubi 松坂庆子 | Kazuhiro Nisijima | Nezu Jinpachi | Ozawa Mayu | Kanayama Kazuhiko | Genkai Ryuji | Shimada Masahiko | Nasubi 松坂慶子 | 西島千博 | 根津甚八 | 小沢まゆ | 金山一彦 | 玄海竜二 | 島田雅彦 | なすび Matsuzaka Keiko | Kazuhiro Nisijima | Nezu Jinpachi | Ozawa Mayu | Kanayama Kazuhiko | Genkai Ryuji | Shimada Masahiko | Nasubi
Director: Okuda Eiji 奧田瑛二 奥田瑛二 奥田瑛二 Okuda Eiji
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Release Date: 2006-11-03
Publisher Product Code: THD-15261
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English, Japanese
Country of Origin: Japan
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, Greenland and the Middle East (including Egypt) What is it?
Rating: IIB
Publisher: TAKI Corporation
Other Information: DVD
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1004483091

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タイトル:るにん
出演:松坂慶子/西島千博/奥田瑛二/根津甚八/小沢まゆ/金山一彦/玄海竜二/島田雅彦/なすび
監督:奥田瑛二

江戸時代末期。2000人近くもの人々が流罪となって八丈島へ送られるなか、吉原に火付けをした罪を問われた花魁・豊菊も、八丈島へと流された。江戸への帰郷を渇望する豊菊は、やがて島役人の稲葉に流人仲間の罪を密告し、男たちに体を売って生き延びるようになる。だが、信頼していた稲葉に裏切られ、心身ともに力を失くしていった。そんな彼女を支えたのは、博打の罪で送られてきた喜三郎だったのだが…。
"流人"をモチーフに男女の強い愛を描いた、異色時代劇。遠島の刑で八丈島に流された男と女を軸に、史実をベースにした壮絶な人間ドラマが展開していく。「an adolescent 少女」で注目を集めた奥田瑛二の監督2作目で、奥田から惚れ込まれた松坂慶子が、体当たりとも言える妖艶な演技を披露。母のような慈愛の心で、男たちの寂しさや空しさ、人間が持つあらゆる欲望を静かに受け止めている。そのスケールの大きな演技は、米国の映画祭でも大きな評価を獲得した。

15禁
■映像特典(予定):メイキング映像/インタビュー/劇場予告編/他

テクニカル・インフォメーション
:カラー
画面:16:9/4:3(LB)
言語/音声:日本語:DD(5.1chサラウンド)

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製作年:2004
日本小売価格:¥3800

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Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10 (1)

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November 11, 2006

Lush, powerful drama Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
Runin is breathtaking. Set in the tropical lushness of a penal island the prisoners eke out their existence in a pecking order determined by how well you survive. New prisoners arrive by boat, and those living there long to escape, some try, some fail, but daily life is hard set against famine, disease, intrigue, love affairs that go unspoken, and always the coming and going of the tides much like life itself. Gorgeous photography, marvelous performances, great detailed subtitled dialogue what more could you ask for. You could never go wrong with this masterpiece - a real gem.
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