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DESCRIPTION:&ldquo\;SONATINE made in 1994\, predates the [Takeshi Kitano's]
  art-house hit Fireworks by three years and is arguably stronger than its 
 successor. In SONATINE\, the filmmaker and star (under his acting name Bea
 t Takeshi)\, plays a middle-aged yakuza gangster named Murakama who is con
 sidering retirement. Reluctantly\, he accepts an assignment from his mobst
 er boss to go to Okinawa to settle a dispute between two rival factions. W
 ith his lieutenant\, Takahashi (Kenichi Yajima)\, he enlists a bunch of br
 ash young thugs to accompany him. Once they reach Okinawa\, Murakama begin
 s to suspect that he himself is in danger of being murdered by rivals eage
 r to appropriate his turf.&rdquo\; &ndash\; Stephen Holden\, <em>New York 
 Times</em>\n\nPart of the series <a href="http://www.ifccenter.com/series/
 weekend-classics/summer-breaks/">&ldquo\;Summer Breaks\,&rdquo\;</a> playi
 ng weekends at 11:00am\, July 12-September 27 in our ongoing Weekend Class
 ics program.\n\n<!-- -->\nR\, 94 Minutes\, In Japanese with English subtit
 les\n Miramax\, Japan\, 1993\n\nFor more info visit http://www.ifccenter.c
 om/films/sonatine/
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SUMMARY:"Sonatine" Film Screening 
URL:/en/events/2009/07/24/sonatine-film-screening/
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