Blood and bones

1920s Osaka’s back alleys meet a Korean teen’s cutthroat rise from dockworker to kamaboko tycoon. Exploiting Korean-Japanese labor in his seafood factory, he sharpens greed into brutality across decades. Yōichi Sai’s unflinching gaze lands on a man who built an empire on bones and blood.

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Yōichi Sai directed Blood and bones in 2004. See Yōichi Sai's full filmography, where to start with Yōichi Sai, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yōichi Sai.

Blood and bones was released in 2004 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 144 minutes.