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Sonatine
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Overview

User Rating:
7.3/10   5,928 votes
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Director:

Takeshi Kitano

Writer:

Takeshi Kitano (written by)

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Release Date:

10 April 1998 (USA) more

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller more

Tagline:

He's Japan's best kept secret - unleashed on America for the first time. more

Plot:

Several yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war escalates and the Tokyo drifters decide to lay low at the beach. full summary | add synopsis

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Awards:

3 wins more

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(4 articles)

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User Comments:

Poetic vision of a hard man's lonely life more (72 total)


Cast

  (Credited cast)

Takeshi Kitano ... Aniki Murakawa
Aya Kokumai ... Miyuki
Tetsu Watanabe ... Uechi
Masanobu Katsumura ... Ryoji
Susumu Terajima ... Ken
Ren Ôsugi ... Katagiri
Tonbo Zushi ... Kitajima
Ken'ichi Yajima ... Takahashi
Eiji Minakata ... The Hit Man
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Rome Kanda ... Gangster
Houka Kinoshita ... A member of kitajima-gumi
Kôta Mizumori
Yuuki Natsusaka ... Murakawa-gumi kumiin
Kanji Tsuda
Kanta Yamazaki ... Waiter
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Sonachine
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MPAA:

Rated R for bloody shootings, language and some sexuality.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Okinawa, Japan


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Quotes:

Ken: Not fair! You are using a real gun! more

Movie Connections:

References Sono otoko, kyôbô ni tsuki (1989) more


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Poetic vision of a hard man's lonely life, 1 March 2000
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This is exactly what I'd do if my gang's territory was being threatened by conspiracy and rivalry in the criminal underworld - hide out on a nice beach playing fantastic-looking firework and sumo games with me mates and some random passing woman, listening to crazy old men singing in incredible voices, watching out for assassins in fishing gear and generally building myself up for a massive showdown. Beat Takeshi is a genius with this kind of stuff, he makes his gangster a real man in full 3D, hardened by a hard life but still full of uncertainty and needs, and who in the world could have outdone his deadpan but humourous face, especially in those bleak final scenes. Shame about his appalling TV "comedy" though.

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