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Sonatine (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Commentary

Movie filmed in 1993 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Takeshi Kitano

Written By:
Takeshi Kitano

Actors:
Takeshi Kitano ..... Aniki Murakawa
Aya Kokumai ..... Miyuki
Tetsu Watanabe ..... Uechi
Masanobu Katsumura ..... Ryoji
Susumu Terajima ..... Ken
Ren Osugi ..... Katagiri
Tonbo Zushi ..... Kitajima
Kenichi Yajima ..... Takahashi
Eiji Minakata ..... The Hit Man
Houka Kinoshita ..... A member of kitajima-gumi
Yuuki Natsusaka ..... Murakawa-gumi kumiin
Kanta Yamazaki ..... Waiter

Synopsis:

Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker, comedian, television star, author, and all-around renaissance man Takeshi 'Beat' Kitano stars in this unconventional take on the crime drama. Kitano portrays Murakawa, a successful Yakuza officer who has grown weary of the violent life, so much so that he has even considered retirement. Thus, he is not pleased when he is asked to lead a team to help defuse a gang war in Okinawa but agrees when he is assured it will be an easy job. It proves anything but, however, and he soon finds himself in the middle of a complex, bloody conflict. Fearing that he has been set up, Murakawa withdraws to a nearby coastal town. The film takes a trademark Kitano turn at this point, moving away from the standard crime drama plot to focus on what amounts to a gangster's summer vacation, with the killers playing frisbee on the beach and taking dancing lessons. Murakawa even finds a summer romance, falling in love with a local girl who is impressed by his way with a gun. This sunny idyll cannot last forever, however, and soon the realities of the criminal life catch up with them. Seen as a prime example of Kitano's style, Sonatine features a combination of deadpan comedy and unexpectedly romantic lyricism, periodically interrupted by shockingly sudden bursts of violence.

'BEAT' Takeshi plays Murakawa, an established and ruthless Yakuza, sent outside his usual turf to intervene in a gang war on the tropical island of Okinawa.
Things go badly wrong and he and his gang get caught in the cross fire. Forced to retreat to a seaside hideaway they kill time and fool around on the beach, but their enemies start to pick them off. Takeshi decides to go on the offensive for a final and breathtaking showdown...

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