set in the japanese gangster underworld and sonatine give insight into not just kitanos murakawa character and but also japanese culture and behavior and which be quite different from the scorsese school of western film . sonatine present a real story of the mobster tire of a trade he be be squeeze out of by rival . kitano be clearly a less be more type of actor and but more be show in his gaze than any other actor and something anyone know beat takeshi trouble history will understand . takeshis stand up history also come across in sonatines several humorous moment and such a the william tell sequence on the beach . the cinematography be also absolutely beautiful and nice and simple static shot plus some pretty location and such a the beach . sonatine be recommend for it mixture of action and humour and poetically alternative performance .