- BFI identifier406455
- Date1993 (Copyright)
- Production countryJapan
- Production company
- SynopsisA ruthless Tokyo mobster is sent to Okinawa to help a gang against a rival group. When trouble flares he and his cohorts hide in a house by a beach to await instructions from Tokyo, only to realise that they were pawns in a larger game. (Synopsis)
- Work historyIn Cannes Film Festival 1993 (un certain régard)
- Genre
- CategoryFiction
- Subject
- Credits
- Cast
Title
Sonatine (Original)
Sonachine (Alternative)
ソナチネ (Alternative)
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