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Sonatine (1993)

US:: R Action Crime Thriller

Kitano plays Murakawa, a Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life. Along with a few of his henchmen, he is sent by his boss to Okinawa to help end a gang war, supposedly to mediate 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, Murakawa's headquarters are bombed and he and his gang are ambushed in a bar.

Updated May 9 2020

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1993-04-10

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FACTS

Runtime: 94 mins Rating: 7.6 Tag Line: A ferocious man sleeps here

Cast

Takeshi Kitano

Aniki Murakawa

Susumu Terajima

Ken

Kanji Tsuda

Tetsu Watanabe

Uechi

Christopher Britton

Gangster with shades

Aya Kokumai

Miyuki

Masanobu Katsumura

Ryoji

Tonbo Zushi

Kitajima