Sonatine (Sonachine) (1993)

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7.7	Rating (206 ratings)
7.5	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Takeshi Kitano

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Takeshi Kitano
Aniki Murakawa

Aya Kokumai
Miyuki

Tetsu Watanabe
Uechi

Masanobu Katsumura
Ryoji

Susumu Terajima
Ken

Ren Osugi
Katagiri

Ren Ohsugi
Katagiri

Yoshiyuki Morishita
Maeda

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A very good movie

13 years, 4 months ago at Mar 10 13:23

johanlefourbe

Back in the 90's, I used to be a huge fan of Takeshi Kitano and I ended up watching 9 of his movies. I have to admit that, nowadays, I don't follow much his work anymore but it doesn't seem I'm missing much. Anyway, it must be, with ‘Hana-Bi’, the most famous movie directed by Takeshi Kitano. At the time, he was still an upcoming director and it is with this movie that he finally reached inter... read more

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Several yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war escalates and the Tokyo drifters decide to lay low at the beach.

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