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Sonatine
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #888
- IMDb #1358
- Rotten Tomatoes #466
- Letterboxd #348
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #703
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #710
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- Metacritic Critics #1206
- Criticker #367
- Kinopoisk #1199
- AlloCiné #1299
- Trakt #1681
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 67, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 93.
See the most agreed on films →A weary, philosophical yakuza enforcer is sent by his boss to mediate a brewing gang war in Okinawa, a task he suspects is a setup. When violence erupts, he and his men retreat to a secluded beach house to wait. This forced hiatus in the sun becomes a strange, peaceful interlude where the gangsters engage in childish games, allowing the protagonist to reflect on the nature of his violent life before the inevitable bloodshed resumes.
Details
- Director
- Takeshi Kitano
- Writer
- Takeshi Kitano
- Studio
- Shochiku, Bandai Visual
- Released
- 10 September 1993
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $58.8K
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Cast
Full cast (24) →
Awards
4 wins & 2 nominations total
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