Sonatine (1993 film)

Sonatine
Theatrical poster
Directed byTakeshi Kitano
Written byTakeshi Kitano
Produced byMasayuki Mori
Hisao Nabeshima
Ritta Saito
StarringTakeshi Kitano
CinematographyKatsumi Yanagishima
Edited byTakeshi Kitano
Music byJoe Hisaishi
Production
companies
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • 10 September 1993 (1993-09-10)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$58,834[1]

Sonatine (Japanese: ソナチネ, Hepburn: Sonachine) is a 1993 Japanese yakuza film directed, written and edited by Takeshi Kitano, who also stars in the film. It won numerous awards and became one of Kitano's most successful and praised films, garnering him a sizable international fan base.

  1. ^ "Sonatine (1995) - JPBox-Office".