Sonatine (1993) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

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An influential, experienced, aggressive yakuza is tiring of his way of life, and agrees to go to Okinawa to help a gang engaged in a struggle against a rival mob. But his arrival provokes the rival gang, and eventually he loses most of his men, with the final confrontation at an abandoned beach hous

Cast & Crew

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Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano

Aya Kokumai

Tetsu Watanabe

Masanobi Katsumuru

Susmu Terashima

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Action

Crime

Drama

Release Date

1993

Production Company

Bandai Visual Company; Office Kitano

Distribution Company

Rolling Thunder Pictures; Institute Of Contemporary Arts (ICA); Lucky Red; Miramax Home Entertainment; Rapid Eye Movies; Xenix Filmdistribution

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 34m

Synopsis

An influential, experienced, aggressive yakuza is tiring of his way of life, and agrees to go to Okinawa to help a gang engaged in a struggle against a rival mob. But his arrival provokes the rival gang, and eventually he loses most of his men, with the final confrontation at an abandoned beach house.

Director

Takeshi Kitano

Cast

Takeshi Kitano

Aya Kokumai

Tetsu Watanabe

Masanobi Katsumuru

Susmu Terashima

Tonbo Zushi

Kenichi Yajima

Eiji Minakata

Ren ôsugi

Crew

Satoshi Fukushima

Production Manager

Junichi Goto

Wardrobe Supervisor

Tomoo Haraguchi

Special Makeup Effects

Joe Hisaishi

Senji Horiuchi

Sound Recordist

Akinori Igarashi

Assistant Director

Masako Ikeda

Location Manager

Kenichi Kanda

Unit Production Manager

Masato Kaneko

Assistant Photography

Masahiro Kitahama

Assistant Director

Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano

Hiroko Kobayashi

Location Manager

Tatsuro Makiyama

Location Manager

Alen Mikudo

Wardrobe Supervisor

Hiroko Misoka

Production Associate

Masayuki Mori

Shigeki Murano

Assistant Photography

Ryo Murayama

Location Manager

Hisao Nabeshima

Yoshihisa Nakagawa

Production Associate

Hisashi Oda

Special Makeup Effects

Kazuyoshi Okuyama

Executive Producer

Akira Osaki

Assistant Director

Ritta Saito

Production Associate

Ritta Saito

Osamu Sasaki

Kazuhisa Sekiya

Assistant Photography

Hirohide Shibata

Hiroshi Shimizu

Assistant Director

Sasutada Sunagawa

Location Manager

Hitoshi Takaya

Lighting Consultant

Toshihiro Tenma

Assistant Director

Kyoko Toyokawa

Hideo Yamamoto

Assistant Photography

Katsumi Yanagijima

Director Of Photography

Takio Yoshida

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Action

Crime

Drama

Release Date

1993

Production Company

Bandai Visual Company; Office Kitano

Distribution Company

Rolling Thunder Pictures; Institute Of Contemporary Arts (ICA); Lucky Red; Miramax Home Entertainment; Rapid Eye Movies; Xenix Filmdistribution

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 34m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 1994

Released in United States 1996

Released in United States July 1994

Released in United States on Video October 12, 1998

Released in United States on Video October 13, 1998

Released in United States Spring April 10, 1998

Shown at Asian American International Film Festival in New York City July 22-24 & 30-31, 1994.

Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival (Takeshi Retrospective) September 27 - October 6, 1996.

Released in United States 1994 (Shown in New York City (Japan Society) as part of program "New Films From Japan" October 28 - December 16, 1994.)

Released in United States 1996 (Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival (Takeshi Retrospective) September 27 - October 6, 1996.)

Released in United States July 1994 (Shown at Asian American International Film Festival in New York City July 22-24 & 30-31, 1994.)

Released in United States on Video October 12, 1998

Released in United States on Video October 13, 1998

Released in United States Spring April 10, 1998

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