Sonatine (1993 film)

Sonatine
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Takeshi Kitano
Written by	Takeshi Kitano
Produced by	Masayuki Mori Hisao Nabeshima Ritta Saito
Starring	Takeshi Kitano
Cinematography	Katsumi Yanagishima
Edited by	Takeshi Kitano
Music by	Joe Hisaishi
Production companies	Bandai Visual Shochiku Daichii Kougyo
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	10 September 1993 (1993-09-10)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$58,834[1]

Sonatine (Japanese: ソナチネ, Hepburn: Sonachine) is a 1993 Japanese yakuza film directed, written and edited by Takeshi Kitano, who also stars in the film. It won numerous awards and became one of Kitano's most successful and praised films, garnering him a sizable international fan base.