it true that this be not an action movie . and as much a i love all that stuff and this be something so much more affecting . true and i do see this movie on the big screen and which in my opinion and could be the only way to see it . not for spectacular cinematography and explosion or effect and but because this be one of a rare breed of movie that capture life . real life in such a way that you be there . this be a yakuza movie about human being . tattoo iron men and sullen street punk and and the violence that define their life gradually give way to a sense of renewal of human spirit . sure and we have all see those movie about how gangster lay low at the hide out get all paranoid and irritable and and a the ugly side of their nature emerges and they manipulate and eventually kill each other . how often do you get to see one about how they all start to loosen up and learn about and begin like one another and and eventually start to act like human being again . this be a movie about the time that take place between all the event in other action movie . discreet indigenous sound and and quiet vista draw you in . the slow part be a empty of event a they be full of reflective atmosphere and and violence be a sudden and intense and and shockingly brief a reality and and thus have a real weight . all of this almost camoflages the fact that this movie be also full of subtle but brilliant humor . you will find yourself grin at the boyish antic of the marooned yakuza . kitano have the tight lipped charm of all the great leading macho men while a stout and japanese clint eastwood and whose quiet and unflinching exterior conveys his tainted and tired soul . this make it all so much more worth it when we finally see him smile . that say and while not a acrobatic and kitano shoot people with all the detached cool chow yun fat wish he have . in many way sonatine be a totally japanese piece of work while sparse and simple and unadorned and a little repressed and . and elegantly beautiful beyond all word . oh and and if you hate the beach and this movie be probably not for you .