- Actors: Takeshi Kitano, Aya Kokumai, Tetsu Watanabe, Masanobu Katsumura, Susumu Terajima
- Directors: Takeshi Kitano
- Writers: Takeshi Kitano
- Producers: Kazuyoshi Okuyama, Masayuki Mori, Ritta Saitô, Takio Yoshida, Toshio Nabeshima
- Format: PAL
- Language Japanese
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Lighthouse
- DVD Release Date: 22 April 2002
- Run Time: 94 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000063KMR
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 51,559 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The movie is great, my favorite Beat Takeshi movie, unfortunately the DVD itself is quite bad.
First, it's not an anamorphic transfer, so you have to use the zoom if you have a widescreen TV. Motion in dimly lit scenes is smeared, colors aren't saturated enough, and the whole image is very soft, without crisp details.
I also have the VHS from ICA Projects, and it actually looks better overall than the DVD.
The second problem are the subtitles, the translation is horrible at times when compared to the VHS. One great piece of dialog goes something like this:
- You're the stupid one
- No, you are the stupid thing
There are also US and Hong Kong DVD releases of Sonatine, but I haven't had the chance to check them out yet.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
For those of you who have never entered the world of Beat Takeshi Kitano, you couldn't go wrong with Sonatine. Outbursts of explosive violence at the beginning and end, is interspursed with tranquil sentementality. I can't remember a mob film where the hero is so down on his luck he has to flee or face the consquences, and Kitano makes his acting as this particular mobster look like an artform. Sonatine is will go down as a classic Japanese cult classic and leaves it's Hollywood counterparts in the shade, relegating similar films into average thrillers, where as this film injects intellegence into a tried and tested formula. Buy it!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I first saw this movie on tv, and had no expectations. It remains one of the most memorable films I have seen in the past 7 years, with Takeshi Kitano putting forth a superb performance. The lack of dialogue in many scenes displays fine acting rather than being boring. Being quite a dark movie, Sonatine put many Kitano fans off - some called it his worst - but it is definitely worth a look if you like him, or even if you've never heard of him. Be prepared for some wonderful imagery, a dark sense of humour and a little violence. Not for "Gone in 60 seconds" fans!
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First introduced to the man Takeshi by a Japanese girlfriend, the relationship with Takeshi has lasted far longer. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles
Kitano's first masterpiece.
Sonatine tells the story of middle aged yakuza boss Murakawa who is ordered to take his gang to Okinawa to settle a minor gangland conflict and return peace to the area. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Ernie
Utterly Wonderful
I'm going to concerntrate more on the film than the technical aspects of subtitles and transfers as I'm no technical expert. Read more
Published on 22 April 2008 by pjr
Interesting film
Mmmhhh. This was the first of Beat's film I had seen and it came highly recommended. Overall I enjoyed it but in places it was overly slow in pace. Read more
Published on 17 July 2007 by S Ablett
OFFICIAL- WORST SUBTITLES EVER !!!
This film is brilliant- however the DVD is awful, the subtitles come up too late or too early, if they come up at all. Read more
Published on 8 July 2004 by "capt_n_m_gilbert"
Great DVD for a great movie
Sonatine is a very good movie, I'd even consider it as a masterpiece. Unfortunately, the editions so far have been very unfair with the movie (bad quality masters and poor analog... Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2003 by Jose Luis Romeu Miguel
Outstanding...Bravo!!
This is the second 'Beat' Takeshi film I saw. Although Violent Cop was very engaging and watchable - Sonatine surpasses it. Read more
Published on 12 July 2002 by I Talukdar
The best Kitano film . . . ever
This is brilliance. Cool, calm yet powerful and violent, reflected in the setting of the seashore. Watch this - the Sumo scenes on the beach will stay with you forever.
Published on 21 Oct 2000
A frantic run with death
This is the first movie of Kitano-san I saw, and I keep watching it again and again. It is poetic, sad, funny and fatalistic. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2000 by D. De Gruijter
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