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    Sonatine (1993) [Re-UP]

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    Date: 18 Oct 2015 07:53:00
    Sonatine (1993) [Re-UP]

    Sonatine (1993)
    DVD9 | ISO+MDS | PAL 16:9 | 01:29:50 | 7,01 Gb
    Audio: Japanese AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps | Subs: English
    Genre: Action, Crime

    Director: Takeshi Kitano
    Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Aya Kokumai, Tetsu Watanabe

    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 is suspicious circumstances so Murakawa and the rest of the gang retreat to a remote beach house to await further orders. Soon he realises that he has been set up and Murakawa sets out to fins 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.

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    Sonatine (1993) [Re-UP]

    Death is the inevitable consequence of life. Unless you choose to end it yourself, how and when you die is left up to the vagaries of fate. Most of us hope to slip away quietly in our sleep, but for the members of the yakuza, shuffling off this mortal coil often occurs by a loyalty-charged bullet fired at point-blank range without notice.

    Sonatine (1993) [Re-UP]

    Director, writer, editor and star Takeshi Kitano plays Murakawa, a hardened, yet sensitive yakuza chief sent to Okinawa to deal with the unrest between two gangs. Soon, however, Murakawa becomes aware that he is simply a pawn in a much bigger game involving the most powerful yakuza players.

    Sonatine (1993) [Re-UP]

    The violence in Sonatine is short, sharp and shocking. Like a lightning strike, people fall down dead after a rapid volley of bullets is sprayed around a room or an explosion rips through a building. But just as suddenly as it starts, the madness grinds to halt and is replaced with an unnerving calmness akin to that of being stranded in the eye of a hurricane.

    Sonatine (1993) [Re-UP]

    But what makes Sonatine stand out from the yakuza film pack is the startling introspective nature of the narrative. Rather than focusing in purely on the Takashi Miike school of extreme violence as explored in Ichi the Killer, Director Kitano hones in on the lessons learnt from the yakuza's internal warped code of ethics. One moment a member of a clan stabs another in the stomach and the next they're sitting in a bus discussing whether to have an ice cream or not. Or perhaps it's the stony, existential angst suffered by Murakawa when he realises that his life is worth about as much as can of coke. He's resigned to his fate and his world narrows to a point where there's only one depressing, redemptive course of action he can take.

    Sonatine (1993) [Re-UP]

    A refreshing change from the usual gore-drenched, one-dimensional violent world of the Japanese mob, Sonatine works on the principle that less is more. And to this end, it succeeds quite dramatically.
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    Sonatine (1993) [Re-UP]

    There are few filmmakers who have taken as seriously the process of becoming a true artist as Takeshi Kitano. Known for being highly self-critical and his additional forays into writing and painting, he has often described his films in terms of how they reflect his experience (or lack thereof) as a director, with “Hana-Bi (Fireworks)” standing as the work in which he finally achieved both officially and on his terms the status of master (as he stated upon accepting the Golden Lion for it at the 1997 Venice Film Festival). In his own way, Kitano has successfully developed his abilities and identity through his work, having most recently conducted an assessment of his career with the loose trilogy of “Takeshis’”, “Glory to the Filmmaker!” and “Achilles and the Tortoise”.

    Sonatine (1993) [Re-UP]

    Along Kitano’s scale of self-measured development, “Sonatine” marks the completion of his first stage of training. The title is a term for “little sonata,” describing a piece of music that demonstrates an understanding of fundamental techniques. In that respect, “Sonatine” can be seen as accurately fulfilling its title, demonstrating the director’s then-newly acquired confidence through smooth camera movements (including an impressive effect which causes a restaurant to expand hypnotically à la Hitchcock’s famous “Vertigo” trick) and a highly controlled sense of tone and pace. Additionally, the film contains such Kitano hallmarks as abrupt, almost self-contained bursts of violence, deadpan performances (including, of course, one from him in the lead role) and an atypically calm, detached approach towards crime genre elements.

    Sonatine (1993) [Re-UP]

    “Sonatine” was intended as an homage to Jean-Luc Godard’s highly influential “Pierrot le fou”, and indeed, the similarities between the two films are numerous. Most prominent among them is a lengthy narrative standstill situated at a beach, explained in Kitano’s film as a safety measure after its central yakuza gang becomes the target of a possible betrayal. Regardless of how it fits in the plot, it leads to some of the film’s most unexpectedly entertaining and humorous moments as the gangsters kill time amid the sand and surf. Seemingly embracing their inner child, they amuse themselves by donning Acapulco shirts, drinking lots of beer and sake, playing with their guns, putting on musical performances, building sand traps and holding firework fights. At one point, they replicate a Sumo match game first with pathetic paper figures, then on the beach with each other, the creative use of music and fast motion making it an especially comical and light-hearted scene.

    Sonatine (1993) [Re-UP]

    As with most of Kitano’s films, you finish “Sonatine” knowing you have just witnessed a highly personal and original vision. Pleasantly unconventional, it offers much to enjoy, particularly for open-minded viewers looking for something different (contrary to one poorly-chosen critic quote on the Region 1 DVD cover, it barely resembles “Goodfellas”). Fresh, bold and stimulating, it signifies one of Kitano’s most accomplished works.
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