Sonatine (1993)
Sonachine
A ferocious man sleeps here.
94 min
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.
- Release date
- May 15, 1993
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Box office
- $58,834
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Trailer
Cast
- Takeshi Kitano as Aniki Murakawa
- Aya Kokumai as Miyuki
- Tetsu Watanabe as Uechi
- Masanobu Katsumura as Ryoji
- Susumu Terajima as Ken
- Ren Ōsugi as Katagiri
- Tonbo Zushi as Kitajima
- Ken'ichi Yajima as Takahashi
- Eiji Minakata as The Hit Man
- Hôka Kinoshita as Kitajima Gang Member
- Rome Kanda as Rapist
- Kanji Tsuda as Tsuda
- Yoshiyuki Morishita as Maeda (knife attacker)
- Koji Koike as Okinawa Boss
- Daigaku Sekine as Nakamatsu Gang Member
- Kôichi Kitamura as Hirose
- Yutaka Tomi as Okumura
- Takeshi Fukazawa as Sakai
Crew
- Takeshi Kitano · Director
- Takeshi Kitano · Writer
- Masayuki Mori · Producer
- Toshio Nabeshima · Producer
- Ritta Saitô · Producer
- Takio Yoshida · Producer
- Joe Hisaishi · Composer
- Katsumi Yanagijima · Cinematographer
- Takeshi Kitano · Editor