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Sonatine (1993) [R]

Release Date:
April 10, 1993

Original Title:
Sonatine

Alternate Titles:
Adrenalina Máxima
ソナチネ
奏鳴曲
小奏鸣曲
소나티네

Genres:
Action | Crime | Thriller

Production Companies:
Bandai Visual
Shochiku

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 18  ES: 18  FR: 12  GB: 18  JP: R-15  KR: 18  NL: 16  US: R 

Runtime: 94

A ferocious man sleeps here.

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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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Production

Art Direction:
Osamu Sasaki

Costume Design:
Junichi Goto
Alen Mikudo

Director:
Takeshi Kitano

Director of Photography:
Katsumi Yanagijima

Editor:
Takeshi Kitano

Executive Producer:
Kazuyoshi Okuyama

Makeup Artist:
Kyôko Toyokawa
Takashi Oda

Original Music Composer:
Joe Hisaishi

Producer:
Hisao Nabeshima
Ritta Saito
Takio Yoshida
Masayuki Mori

Screenplay:
Takeshi Kitano

Set Decoration:
Hirohide Shibata

Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Tomoo Haraguchi

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