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A ferocious man sleeps here. - Sonatine
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Title: Sonatine

Release Date: 10 Sep 1993

Runtime: 1h 34m

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Director: Shochiku, Bandai Visual

Production Companies: Shochiku, Bandai Visual

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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Average Vote: 7.505 (636 votes)

Cast

  • Aniki Murakawa: Takeshi Kitano
  • Miyuki: Aya Kokumai
  • Uechi: Tetsu Watanabe
  • Ryoji: Masanobu Katsumura
  • Ken: Susumu Terajima
  • Katagiri: Ren Osugi
  • Kitajima: Tonbo Zushi
  • Takahashi: Kenichi Yajima
  • The Hit Man: Eiji Minakata
  • Kitajima Gang Member: Houka Kinoshita
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