Sonatine
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Sonatine (ソナチネ) is a 1993 film written and directed by, and starring, Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano. It won numerous awards and became one of Kitano's most successful and praised films, garnering him a sizable international fan base.
Kitano plays Murakawa, a Tokyo yakuza who is sent by his boss to Okinawa to help end a gang war there. Murakawa is tired of gangster life, and when he finds out the whole mission is a ruse, he welcomes what comes with open arms.
The film combines many scenes of sudden, unexpected violence—such as a shoot-out in a bar—with other moments of great tenderness, like a make-believe sumo match on the beach.