Review of Sonatine (1993) by Michael S — 25 Jan 2008

Kitano is my favourite director from Japan !!! And one of my favourites movies... Yakuzas, Child Games, and Beach : the dears Themes of his filmography !

This review of Sonatine (1993) was written by Michael S on 25 Jan 2008.

Sonatine has generally received very positive reviews.

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I don't know how Takeshi Kitano manages to turn a story about turf war, with the lead a cold blooded and bloody killer into a gentle, humorous…

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