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7.5Murakawa, 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.
Released: 1993-09-1094 minDir: Takeshi KitanoAction, Crime, ThrillerBox office: $58,834
Cast
- Takeshi Kitano as Aniki Murakawa
- Aya Kokumai as Miyuki
- Tetsu Watanabe as Uechi
- Masanobu Katsumura as Ryoji
- Susumu Terajima as Ken
- Ren Osugi as Katagiri
Themes
- japan
- beach
- yakuza
- knife
- okinawa
- russian roulette
- bullet wound
- gun violence
- playfulness
- fatalism
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
24,947 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
93%
Metacritic
73/100
- Year
- 1993
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 4 wins & 2 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 94
- FilmAffinity ID
- 559625
- Official website
- www.office-kitano.co.jp/contents/MOVIE/WORK/fourth.html
- Image
- Takeshi Kitano 'Sonatine' graffiti.jpg
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- publication date
- 1998-04-10
- title
- ソナチネ
- review score
- 93%
- box office
- 58834
Sources (15)
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Gallery (5)
Connections
Japan Academy Film Prize
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Violent Cop
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France
Country
Tokyo
City
Japanese
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Los Angeles
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Suicide
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International Standard Book Number
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Alain Delon
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IMDb
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Quentin Tarantino
Person
rape
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Okinawa Prefecture
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The Guardian
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DVD
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Roger Ebert
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Jean-Luc Godard
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Rotten Tomatoes
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Takeshi Kitano
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yakuza
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Categories
1993 crime drama films1993 films1993 Japanese films1993 Japanese-language filmsAlbum articles lacking alt text for coversBandai VisualExistentialist filmsFilms about suicideFilms directed by Takeshi KitanoFilms scored by Joe HisaishiFilms set in Okinawa PrefectureFilms set on beachesJapanese crime drama filmsJapanese-language crime drama filmsJapanese neo-noir filmsShochiku filmsTemplate film date with 1 release dateYakuza films