Sonatine

7.5

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.

Discover

Takeshi Kitano

Aniki Murakawa

Aya Kokumai

Miyuki

Ren Osugi

Katagiri

Tonbo Zushi

Kitajima

Kenichi Yajima

Takahashi

Eiji Minakata

The Hit Man

Houka Kinoshita

Kitajima Gang Member

Rome Kanda

Rapist

Kota Mizumori

Kanamoto

Yuuki Natsusaka

Murakawa Gang Member

Koji Koike

Okinawa Boss

Yutaka Tomi

Okumura

Daigaku Sekine

Nakamatsu Gang Member

Kikuo Itô

Nakamatsu Gang Member (uncredited)

Art

Hirohide Shibata

Set Decoration

Osamu Sasaki

Art Direction

Camera

Katsumi Yanagijima

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Tomoo Haraguchi

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Alen Mikudo

Costume Design

Junichi Goto

Costume Design

Kyôko Toyokawa

Makeup Artist

Takashi Oda

Makeup Artist

Directing

Takeshi Kitano

Director

Editing

Production

Ritta Saito

Producer

Takio Yoshida

Producer

Kazuyoshi Okuyama

Executive Producer

Masayuki Mori

Producer

Sound

Joe Hisaishi

Original Music Composer

Writing

Takeshi Kitano

Screenplay

Art

Hirohide Shibata

Set Decoration

Osamu Sasaki

Art Direction

Camera

Katsumi Yanagijima

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Tomoo Haraguchi

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Alen Mikudo

Costume Design

Junichi Goto

Costume Design

Kyôko Toyokawa

Makeup Artist

Takashi Oda

Makeup Artist

Directing

Takeshi Kitano

Director

Editing

Production

Ritta Saito

Producer

Takio Yoshida

Producer

Kazuyoshi Okuyama

Executive Producer

Masayuki Mori

Producer

Sound

Joe Hisaishi

Original Music Composer

Writing

Takeshi Kitano

Screenplay