Sonatine (1993)

8	Listal rating
7.5	IMDB rating

Directed by

Takeshi Kitano

Starring (View all)

Takeshi Kitano

Aniki Murakawa

Aya Kokumai

Miyuki

Uechi

Ryoji

Ken

Katagiri

Katagiri

Tonbo Zushi

Kitajima

Written by

Takeshi Kitano

written by

Sonatine Trailers

Sonatine - Trailer - HQ

68 Views

Added 1 year ago

View all Sonatine videos

Cover art, photos and screenshots

3 votes

1 vote

View all Sonatine pictures (10 more)

Lists

98 votes

Listal's Esoteric Films (414 items)
list by Mr. Saturn

Published 3 weeks, 4 days ago

14 comments

85 votes

Movie Diary (662 items)
list by Mr. Saturn

Published 12 months ago

5 comments

79 votes

Listal's 100 Asian Films To See Before You Die (130 items)
list by the count

Published 1 year, 4 months ago

48 comments

62 votes

Time Out's 1000 Films to Change Your Life (1136 items)
list by AFIoscar

Published 3 years, 8 months ago

57 votes

Watched in 2012 (408 items)
list by Jpit

Published 1 year, 4 months ago

1 comment

View all Sonatine lists (83 more)

Reviews

A very good movie

2 years, 2 months ago at Mar 10 7:23

johanlefourbe

This must be, with Hana-Bi, the most famous movie directed by Takeshi Kitano. It is not my favorite of his movies but still it is very good.

View all Sonatine reviews

Release date : 10 April 1998
UPC: 786936233100

Japan (9), 1990s (7), Thriller (6), Drama (5), 1993 (4), Crime (4), Japanese (4), Action (3), Asian (3), Retro Asian (2), East Asia (2), Asia (2), 90's (2), 1990's (2), Yakuza (2), Okinawa (2), Foreign Language (2), 2000 (1), '000 (1), Mafia/ Gangster (1)

Join Listal to add your own lists, reviews, tags, pictures and videos to this Movie

Update feed

Silme added this to a list 2 weeks, 6 days ago

Movie Diary 2013 (84 movies items)

"definitely not my cup of tea"

Mr. Saturn added this to a list 3 weeks, 4 days ago

Listal's Esoteric Films (414 movies items)

Mr. Saturn added this to a list 1 month, 1 week ago

90s films (154 movies items)

Silme added this to a list 1 month, 1 week ago

Movie Exam (24 movies items)

arnott added this to a list 1 month, 3 weeks ago

100 Greatest Gangster Movies by Digitaldreamdoor (100 movies items)

ToonHead2102 added this to a list 1 month, 3 weeks ago

3003MasterpiecesToChangeYourLifeBeforeYouAscend-P2 (1001 movies items)

TheNameless added this to a list 1 month, 3 weeks ago

TheNameless' Movie Diary 2013 (154 movies items)

"29.3. DVD Rewatch, no changes"

Jpit added this to a list 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Watched in 2013 (217 movies items)

"29.3.2013 Oh yeah, this was a rewatch as well - about fourth, fifth, sixth view or something, I'm not sure. Still a masterpiece and the best Kitano, with all his trademarks from deadpan comedy, quick violence, underlying melancholic feel, genius editing and so on. Along with at least Boiling Point and Kids Return, this is the one that hits me most in the so-called personal level, or on account of what appeals to me in from of characters and everything. "

Jpit posted 4 images 1 month, 3 weeks ago

CD Smiles added this to a list 2 months ago

Movies to Watch (40 movies items)

Nakki added this to a list 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Favorites (Movies) (220 movies items)

Mr. Saturn added this to a list 2 months, 2 weeks ago

World Films (136 movies items)

" Japanese"

Mr. Saturn added this to a list 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Movie Diary (662 movies items)

" All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl. - Godard I read this is an homage to Pierrot le Fou. True to Godard's film, Sonatine is about an outlaw who is on the run, and there's plenty of violence, shenanigans, and cheeky humor;both films end with the protagonist committing suicide. Yet, Kitano's take on this formula is very original.

Mr. Saturn posted a image 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Mr. Saturn voted for an image 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Gerru added this to a list 4 months, 1 week ago

Movie Diary 2013 (167 movies items)

"14.1. Odotuksia nostattavan alun jälkeen tämä kolahtaa toden teolla, kun Kitanon johtama yakuzajoukko päätyy rannalle huvittelemaan. Miesten harjoittama lapsenomainen huvittelu vie heidät toisaalta takaisin aidon elämisen pariin ja toisaalta viittaa jatkuvasti heidän väkivaltaisuuksiinsa. Se on samalla hulvatonta katsottavaa äärimmäisten kontrastiensa takia, täynnä täysin lapsellista keppostelua ansakuopilla ja venäläisellä ruletilla. Tietysti Kitanon hahmo nauttii epätavalli"

GunzB added this to a list 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Favorite Gangster Films (53 movies items)

Tiiviste added this to a list 6 months ago

Movies watched in 2012 (105 movies items)

"23.11.2012, DVD Ensimmäinen Kitano takana ja tykkäilin tästä hyvin paljon. Väkivalta on sopivan rujoa ja elokuvan huumori on varsin huvittavaa. Etenkin pääporukan spedeilyt rannalla saivat hyvinkin kivan hymyn itselleni. Kiinnostava pätkä kaikin puolin ja Kitanoa on pakko saada katseluun lisää."

Nakki added this to a list 7 months, 1 week ago