Country
France
Date
May 15, 1993
Certification
12
Note
Cannes Film Festival
A ferocious man sleeps here.
1h 34min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
Videos
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Kenichi Yajima | Takahashi |
| Eiji Minakata | The Hit Man |
| Houka Kinoshita | Kitajima Gang Member |
| Rome Kanda | Rapist |
| Kota Mizumori | Kanamoto |
| Yuuki Natsusaka | Murakawa Gang Member |
| Kanji Tsuda | Tsuda |
| Kanta Yamazaki | Waiter |
| Yoshiyuki Morishita | Maeda |
| Hiroshi Ando | Ito |
| Takeshi Fukazawa | Sakai |
| Koichi Kitamura | Hirose |
| Koji Koike | Okinawa Boss |
| Yôichi Nagai | Ono |
| Yutaka Tomi | Okumura |
| Daigaku Sekine | Nakamatsu Gang Member |
| Kikuo Itô | Nakamatsu Gang Member (uncredited) |
Genres
ActionCrimeThriller
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | Sonatine |
| Lingua originale | 日本語 (JA) |
| Lingue parlate | 日本語 |
| Paesi di produzione | Japan |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | Shochiku, Bandai Visual |
| Data di uscita | 10 settembre 1993 |
| Exec. Producer | Kazuyoshi Okuyama |
| Producer | Hisao Nabeshima, Ritta Saito, Takio Yoshida, Masayuki Mori |
| Writer | Takeshi Kitano |
| Editors | Takeshi Kitano |
| Cinematography | Katsumi Yanagijima |
| Asst. Directors | Takeshi Kitano |
| Camera Operators | Katsumi Yanagijima |
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| Add. Photography | Katsumi Yanagijima |
| Production Design | Osamu Sasaki, Hirohide Shibata |
| Art Direction | Osamu Sasaki, Hirohide Shibata |
| Set Decoration | Hirohide Shibata, Osamu Sasaki |
| Composer | Joe Hisaishi |
| Sound | Joe Hisaishi |
| Costume Design | Junichi Goto, Alen Mikudo, Tomoo Haraguchi, Kyoko Toyokawa, Takashi Oda |
| Makeup | Kyoko Toyokawa, Takashi Oda, Tomoo Haraguchi, Junichi Goto, Alen Mikudo |
| Hairstyling | Tomoo Haraguchi, Junichi Goto, Alen Mikudo, Kyoko Toyokawa, Takashi Oda |
| Incasso | 58.834 € |
Release dates
Premiere
Country
Japan
Date
Jun 05, 1993
Country
Italy
Date
Jul 27, 1993
Note
Taormina Film Festival
Theatrical release
Country
Japan
Date
Sep 10, 1993
Certification
R-15
Country
United Kingdom
Date
Sep 23, 1993
Certification
18
Country
Netherlands
Date
Sep 15, 1994
Certification
16
Country
Spain
Date
Feb 03, 1995
Certification
18
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Country
France
Date
Apr 06, 1995
Certification
12
Note
Cognac Detective Film Festival
Country
United States
Date
Apr 10, 1998
Certification
R
Country
Germany
Date
May 21, 1998
Certification
18
Country
South Korea
Date
Jan 08, 2000
Certification
19
Country
Italy
Date
Jun 16, 2000
Physical media
Country
Netherlands
Date
Sep 20, 2008
Certification
16
Note
DVD
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