Will this movie EVER be released on DVD? - Sonachine (1998) Discussion

[–] doberman101 21 years ago

Yes!!! Sonatine (Kitano's best movie in my opinion) is on DVD. You can buy it on ebay, thats were I got my copy. And by the way it is a great edition with good picture and a really nice 5.1 surround if you got that.

tip: Some of the movies listed as not being on DVD on this site you might find on ebay.

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[–] longdm 21 years ago

I Don't know if this helps or is to late, but Sonetine is available on DVD in the UK, Region 2 and can be found on several sites like play.com or HMV.co.uk

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[–] imafraidofamericans 21 years ago

This is crap. If Quentin Tarantino still owns the American rights to this movie, he needs to have Miramax put out a decent AMERICAN DVD edition of this wonderful movie. I don't care if his little "Rolling Thunder" company is out of business or not. Other RT films are out on DVD, some that don't begin to rival Sonatine's power and beauty. It's a tragedy.

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[–] Violent Cop 21 years ago

They need to release it on DVD in the United States. It is Kitano's best work and it is seemingly being held hostage by Tarantino's lame film company. For those of us who don't want to buy on Ebay or overseas, it stinks.

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[–] drunken_praying_mantis 20 years ago

January 13, 2004

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[–] imafraidofamericans 20 years ago

It looks like there hasn't been an American release after all. From what I can tell, Amazon is selling the all-region Hong Kong DVD, which I just purchased off of Ebay. Thanks, Miramax! Even though you can't bring yourselves to do justice to this great movie, I'm glad I can purchase "Spy Kids 3-D". It warms my heart.

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[–] manicsounds 20 years ago

how come none stores have this movie? did they push back release?

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[–] Spellsword 20 years ago

It's a very, very good movie and I love it but it's not Kitano best work. Hana-bi would have to be Kitano's BEST work.

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[–] TeiHz 20 years ago

Its just in stores here.....

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[–] spatookbien 20 years ago

I got this film on DVD along with Violent Cop and Boiling Point in a box set for 20 quid! Bargin!

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[–] Ralius 20 years ago

I got the limited edition on eBay for 15 bucks. good release, dolby 5.1, widescreen, crappy subtitles. the only thing that made it limited edition though was that it came in a cardboard sleeve thing and had some production notes on a piece of paper inside.

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[–] fckin_quintana 20 years ago

Use LOVEFiLM.com to rent it. They have it in their collection. Not sure which version it is but the text on the cover is in English. It's a great website as well.

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[–] The_Magical_Negro 20 years ago

Miramax will be releasing Sonatine along with Zatoichi on November 9th!! Sonatine will include an introduction by Quentin Tarantino and an interview with Beat Takeshi!! Yay!!

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/mytwocentsa93.html#zat

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[–] sluido 20 years ago

Bandai Home Video has releases the movie as part of the Takeshi Kitano Collection, Japan only :/ region 2

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[–] JackTorrance1990 19 years ago

One down, many to go.

Bullet In The Head
The Killer (new edition)
Brother (hard to find)
Battle Royale 1 and 2
and many others.

The Godfather Part II:Greatest Ever

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Kill Bill Vol. 1

Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey: good watchin'.

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[–] soilworker 19 years ago

Has been released on DVD with Zatoichi as a double pack 2 movies for the price of 1

Later

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[–] katagiri 19 years ago

Hey guys and girls. ;-) I know this is not exactly the right place to ask, but can anybody tell me if and when they are going to release a DECENT dvd version of Violent Cop? Of course I don't mean those terribly bad MIA and Fox Lorber versions. Thanks in advance. BTW: I like Sonatine a lot, definitely Kitano's best film after Hana-bi.

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[–] HybridMoments713 11 years ago

I'm gonna watch the *beep* out of this if it ever gets released on DVD.

I'M AGAINST IT.

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