“A ferocious man sleeps here.”
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.
Takeshi Kitano
Hisao Nabeshima
Ritta Saito
Takio Yoshida
Takeshi Kitano
Katsumi Yanagijima
Joe Hisaishi
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
... and 12 more
Nihilism and violence in Sonatine | BFI video essay
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Sonatine (1993) clip - on BFI Blu-ray from 29 June 2020 | BFI
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Sonatine - Trailer
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