Sonatine Comments

  • Erwin 2023-04-25 09:28:27

    Kitano's preference for blue is not a little bit. The blue sea, blue cars, and even women in blue floral skirts, as he himself said, blue can best express the difficulty of survival. The firework scene is very childlike, and on the contrary, it highlights the tragedy of the elevator scene. Before the facial paralysis, Takeshi Kitano could easily fall into a state of mumbling, watching everything with cold...

  • Ryley 2023-04-18 10:03:01

    Before the always doomed death, the seaside of Okinawa seemed like Kijiro was the boss and the yakuza brothers during the short amusing vacation that summer, the boys and girls who loved to play with fireworks and guns, created the same sound and light sonata. Love is still a familiar rhythm, the sacrifice of love after rescue and waiting, the smile of Takeshi Kitano starring in the last movie before the car accident. Why are these two Broadway shows scheduled at a particularly late show? They...

  • Crawford 2023-04-10 22:33:03

    Simple and rude, no reason and no expression, I like it. The urchin-like second half is a bit like Kijiro's summer, so fun. . . . . At this point, the film of Uncle Facial Paralysis is finished. I think the one after facial paralysis is more fun than the one...

  • Genoveva 2023-04-10 02:07:43

    Takeshi Kitano is a child king, and Joe Hisaishi's soundtrack is...

  • Andrew 2023-04-06 12:00:52

    The juxtaposition of warmth, childishness and fierce violence is indeed the gangster style unique to Takeshi Kitano, which is similar to flowers and fire. 1. Sudden killing, one shot at a time, standing still, going to death without evasiveness, no words, no struggle, just like the daily habit of infiltrating the blood, and it seems to be mechanically welcoming one's own destiny . 2. A short time for fun like a paradise: overhead cans shooting & Russian roulette-style false surprises, (beach...

  • Eric 2023-03-02 16:58:37

    With a score of 8.6, I feel that Takeshi Kitano's early film plots are the next best thing, and the most powerful is the artistic conception. Killing and innocence, the gangsters played like children on the bright beach, and died tragically in a blink of an eye. When they died, their faces were full of dazedness and numbness. This movie gives people a feeling between life and...

  • Reynold 2023-02-03 02:36:44

    Kitano Takeshi is still paralyzed, but in this film, he has a few smiles. The paralyzed Kitano Takeshi is actually a contemplative person. He always seems to be thinking, and you can't guess what he is thinking. Kitano Takeshi is still violent, simple and rude, his shooting posture is so handsome, his eyes are sharp, he is condescending and shoots everything. Several of the shootouts in this film are simple pair shots. Unlike John Woo, he focuses on creating an atmosphere, even shooting, but...

  • Chaim 2023-01-05 02:50:20

    Execution by crane, Russian roulette with empty guns, paper figurines sumo wrestling by the sea, fireworks duel under the stars, angry girl with submachine gun, blue car that can't come back... His despair is deeper than the sea in...

  • Americo 2022-12-26 23:26:40

    Kitano Takeshi’s unchanging expression is a persistent clue, whether in the warm and inspiring Kikujiro’s violent and beautiful fireworks of the bad boy, or in the artist’s Adoris or this sonata, this clue always exudes a kind of stubbornness. The smell called the taste of Takeshi Kitano, all the subtle, moving, gentle and powerful senses come from...

  • Amiya 2022-11-06 04:05:21

    Maybe it's because of the subtitles. After watching it for ten minutes, I don't know what I'm talking...

Extended Reading

Sonatine quotes

  • [shooting at a Frisbee]

    Aniki Murakawa: There's no way you can hit it! I'm not Buffalo Bill, arsehole!

  • Maeda: Fancy something to drink?

    Bald Yakuza: No. My stomach still hurts from when you stabbed me.

Sonatine

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Language: Japanese Release date: April 10, 1998