American Yakuza

Dec 22, 1993

1h 36m

★ 5.6

The mob has a new enemy.

Overview

When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitairy, he is hired to operate a forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia lead by Dino Campanela and Nick rescues and saves the life of Shuji Sawamoto, who is the representative of Yakuza interests in America. Shuji hires Nick to work for Yakuza and becomes his godfather in the family after his oath to join Yakuza. However, Nick is a lonely FBI undercover agent assigned to penetrate the criminal organization. When the FBI discovers that Campanela is organizing a massive attack to destroy the Yakuza, Nick's boss Littman calls off the operation to leave the dirty work to the Italian Mafia. But the connection of Nick with Shuji and his goddaughter Yuko forces him to help his Japanese family.

Genres

Crime

Action

Thriller

Production Companies

First Look International

NEO Motion Pictures

Overseas FilmGroup

Ozla Productions

Toei Video Company

TFC

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Cast

Nick Davis / David Brandt

Viggo Mortensen

Shuji Sawamoto

Ryo Ishibashi

Dino Campanela

Michael Nouri

Sam

Franklyn Ajaye

Kazuo

Yuji Okumoto

Yuko

Anzu Lawson

Littman

Robert Forster

Isshin Tendo

John Fujioka

Vic

Nicky Katt

Taka

Jimmy Taenaka

Aya

Saiko Isshiki

Okazaki

Fritz Mashimo

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American Yakuza

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