• The Terrorist (1998)

  ★★★★½ Watched Wednesday, Jun 4

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• Sonatine (1993)

  ★★★★★ ♥ Rewatch Watched Wednesday, Jun 4

  A nihilistic and minimalistic Yakuza gangster film full of extremely violent imagery while also being a poetic and tragic story about loneliness and despair. Actor Takeshi Kitano pulls off the stoic and violent facial expressions of Alain Delon's Le Samourai while also expressing a playful romantic side like the two runaway lovers in Godard's colorful Pierrot le Fou. Its definitely a crime drama for the art-house crowd.

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• A Tale of Springtime (1990)

  ★★★★½ Watched Sunday, Jun 8

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