Film

Sonatine

1993 · 1h 34m · Action · Crime · Thriller

A ferocious man sleeps here.

IMDb

7.4

Rotten Tomatoes

93%

Metacritic

73

Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring clans. He finds that the dispute between the clans is insignificant and whilst wondering why he was sent to Okinawa at all, his group is attacked in an ambush. The survivors flee and make a decision to lay low at the beach while they await further instructions.

Takeshi Kitano

Aniki Murakawa

Aya Kokumai

Miyuki

Tetsu Watanabe

Uechi

Masanobu Katsumura

Ryoji

Susumu Terajima

Ken

Ren Osugi

Katagiri

Tonbo Zushi

Kitajima

Kenichi Yajima

Takahashi

Eiji Minakata

The Hit Man

Houka Kinoshita

Kitajima Gang Member

Rome Kanda

Rapist

Kota Mizumori

Kanamoto

Yuuki Natsusaka

Murakawa Gang Member

Kanji Tsuda

Tsuda

Kanta Yamazaki

Waiter

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Maeda

• Takeshi KitanoDirector · Editor · Screenplay
• Ritta SaitoProducer
• Takio YoshidaProducer
• Hisao NabeshimaProducer
• Masayuki MoriProducer
• Kazuyoshi OkuyamaExecutive Producer
• Katsumi YanagijimaDirector of Photography
• Joe HisaishiOriginal Music Composer

Sonatine - Trailer

Release date

September 10, 1993

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

R

Revenue

$58,834

Genres

Action, Crime, Thriller

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