Sonatine

Sep 10, 1993

1h 34m

★ 7.5

A ferocious man sleeps here.

Overview

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.

Genres

Action

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Shochiku

Bandai Visual

Sonatine Trailers

Cast

Aniki Murakawa

Takeshi Kitano

Miyuki

Aya Kokumai

Uechi

Tetsu Watanabe

Ryoji

Masanobu Katsumura

Ken

Susumu Terajima

Katagiri

Ren Osugi

Kitajima

Tonbo Zushi

Takahashi

Kenichi Yajima

The Hit Man

Eiji Minakata

Kitajima Gang Member

Houka Kinoshita

Rapist

Rome Kanda

Kanamoto

Kota Mizumori

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