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Sonatine
Sonatine

Sonatine

A ferocious man sleeps here.

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

94 mins

Rating

7.514/10

Release Date

10 September 1993

Country

Japan

Cast

Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano

Aniki Murakawa

Aya Kokumai

Aya Kokumai

Miyuki

Tetsu Watanabe

Tetsu Watanabe

Uechi

Masanobu Katsumura

Masanobu Katsumura

Ryoji

Susumu Terajima

Susumu Terajima

Ken

Ren Osugi

Ren Osugi

Katagiri

Tonbo Zushi

Tonbo Zushi

Kitajima

Kenichi Yajima

Kenichi Yajima

Takahashi

Eiji Minakata

Eiji Minakata

The Hit Man

Houka Kinoshita

Houka Kinoshita

Kitajima Gang Member

Rome Kanda

Rome Kanda

Rapist

Kota Mizumori

Kota Mizumori

Kanamoto

Yuuki Natsusaka

Yuuki Natsusaka

Murakawa Gang Member

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Tsuda

Kanta Yamazaki

Kanta Yamazaki

Waiter

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Maeda

Hiroshi Ando

Hiroshi Ando

Ito

Takeshi Fukazawa

Takeshi Fukazawa

Sakai

Koichi Kitamura

Koichi Kitamura

Hirose

Koji Koike

Koji Koike

Okinawa Boss

Yôichi Nagai

Yôichi Nagai

Ono

Yutaka Tomi

Yutaka Tomi

Okumura

Daigaku Sekine

Daigaku Sekine

Nakamatsu Gang Member

Kikuo Itô

Kikuo Itô

Nakamatsu Gang Member (uncredited)

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