AKA :
Year : 2000
Country: Japan
Language : Japanese
Subtitle(s) : English (custom subbed by lordretsudo)
Film Genre : Documentary | Boxing
IMDB : Unchain
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DVD Source : DVD5 from lordretsudo
Video format : MKV - X264 - 2 pass
Video Bitrate : 613 kbps
Aspect Ratio : 5 : 4
Resolution : 686 x 480
Audio Format : AAC
Audio Bitrate : 160 kbps
Video Runtime: 1 hour 37 min
Frame Rate : 23.976 fps
Director : Toshiaki Toyoda
Cast : Unchain Kaiji, Chilara Junia
Plot/Synopsis
In filming "Unchain," his new documentary about four young boxers in Osaka, Toshiaki Toyoda took the open-ended structure of the boxing movie to another level. When he started filming in 1995, he had no idea whether one or more of his subjects would become a Jake La Motta or even Rocky Balboa -- or trundle down the slope to oblivion. As it turned out, none of them made it big. (One, whose ring name Unchain Kaji supplied the title of the film, never won a bout, period.)
Toyoda did not, however, simply record whatever fate (or his heroes' opponents) dished up. Though not stated in the film's promotional materials, Toyoda fiddled with chronology and even staged several scenes, though not in a blatantly obvious way. It might, thus, be more accurate to call "Unchain" a docu-drama -- not that it matters... (from Japan Times review, see below for link)
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Note : Special thanks to marukomu for getting hold of the disk. We do appreciate it.
