Movie
Sonatine
Released: September 10, 1993 (1993)
Runtime: 94 minutes
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
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 (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Tonbo Zushi as Kitajima
Age at release: 63
- Eiji Minakata as The Hit Man
Age at release: 60
- Tetsu Watanabe as Uechi
Age at release: 43
- Ren Osugi as Katagiri
Age at release: 41
- Kenichi Yajima as Takahashi
Age at release: 37
- Masanobu Katsumura as Ryoji
Age at release: 30
- Susumu Terajima as Ken
Age at release: 29
- Houka Kinoshita as Kitajima Gang Member
Age at release: 29
- Rome Kanda as Rapist
Age at release: 28
- Aya Kokumai as Miyuki
Age at release: 22
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- Koichi Kitamura as Hirose
Age at release: 47
- Kota Mizumori as Kanamoto
Age at release: 44
- Daigaku Sekine as Nakamatsu Gang Member
Age at release: 36
- Yoshiyuki Morishita as Maeda
Age at release: 30
- Koji Koike as Okinawa Boss
Age at release: 30
- Kanji Tsuda as Tsuda
Age at release: 28
- Yuuki Natsusaka as Murakawa Gang Member
Age at release: Unknown
- Kanta Yamazaki as Waiter
Age at release: Unknown
- Hiroshi Ando as Ito
Age at release: Unknown
- Takeshi Fukazawa as Sakai
Age at release: Unknown
- Yôichi Nagai as Ono
Age at release: Unknown
- Yutaka Tomi as Okumura
Age at release: Unknown
- Kikuo Itô as Nakamatsu Gang Member (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown