ソナチネ (original title)
18 | 1h
34min | Action, Comedy, Crime | Japan
Director:
Takeshi Kitano
Writer:
Takeshi Kitano
Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Aya Kokumai, Tetsu Watanabe
Several
yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war then
escalates and the Tokyo drifters decide to lay low at the beach.
Sonatine (Hepburn: Sonachine)
is a 1993 Japanese yakuza film directed, written and edited by Takeshi
Kitano, who also stars in the film. It won numerous awards and became one of
Kitano's most successful and praised films, garnering him a sizable
international fan base.
Offbeat.
