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Sonatine is a masterwork from legendary writer, actor and director Takeshi Kitano. Kitano is Murakawa, a yakuza chief sent to Okinawa to settle a dispute between two factions. Several of his men die in suspicious circumstances so Murakawa and the rest of the gang retreat to a remote beach house to await orders. Soon he realises that he has been set up and Murakawa sets out to find his powerful yakuza bosses for a final showdown. Images of beauty are set against extreme violence in this unique, clever and original piece of Japanese yakuza cinema.