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Sonatine (1993)

Sonatine (1993)

Action Crime Thriller

A ferocious man sleeps here.

Release Date: 1993, September 10
Directors: Takeshi Kitano
Countries: Japan
Production: Shochiku, Bandai Visual
Cast: Tetsu Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Daigaku Sekine, Koji Koike, Kanji Tsuda, Koichi Kitamura, Ren Osugi, Kenichi Yajima, Susumu Terajima, Houka Kinoshita, Yuuki Natsusaka, Yôichi Nagai

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.

Keywords:

yakuza knife gun violence beach japan okinawa russian roulette bullet wound playfulness fatalism yakuza eiga