Sonatine (1993)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 11.164 |
Directed By
Takeshi Kitano
Crew
Takeshi Kitano
Hisao Nabeshima
Kazuyoshi Okuyama
Ritta Saito
Takeshi Kitano
Osamu Sasaki
Hirohide Shibata
Takio Yoshida
Masayuki Mori
Tomoo Haraguchi
Junichi Goto
Alen Mikudo
Kyôko Toyokawa
Takashi Oda
Takeshi Kitano
Joe Hisaishi
Katsumi Yanagijima
TOP CAST
Takeshi Kitano
Aniki Murakawa
Aya Kokumai
Miyuki
Tetsu Watanabe
Uechi
Masanobu Katsumura
Ryoji
Susumu Terajima
Ken
Ren Osugi
Katagiri
Tonbo Zushi
Kitajima
Kenichi Yajima
Takahashi
Eiji Minakata
The Hit Man
Houka Kinoshita
Kitajima Gang Member
Rome Kanda
Rapist
Kota Mizumori
Kanamoto
Yuuki Natsusaka
Murakawa Gang Member
Kanji Tsuda
Tsuda
Kanta Yamazaki
Waiter
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Maeda
Hiroshi Ando
Ito
Takeshi Fukazawa
Sakai
Koichi Kitamura
Hirose
Koji Koike
Okinawa Boss
Yôichi Nagai
Ono
Yutaka Tomi
Okumura
Daigaku Sekine
Nakamatsu Gang Member
Kikuo Itô
Nakamatsu Gang Member (uncredited)
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