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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
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Director
- Takeshi Kitano
- Screenwriter
- Takeshi Kitano
- Composer
- Joe Hisaishi
- Producer
- Masayuki Mori
- Cinematographer
- Katsumi Yanagishima
- Narrative location
- Japan
- Duration
- 94
- FilmAffinity ID
- 559625
- Performer
- Joe Hisaishi
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- 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
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Takeshi Kitano
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 93%
- box office
- 58834
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