American Yakuza (1993)

Directed by

Frank Cappello

Genre

action film, thriller film, martial arts film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

18

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 76 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An American businessman gets caught between the Japanese yakuza and the FBI. He must navigate loyalty and survival in a dangerous underworld.

grimintenseviolentfast-pacedgrittysuspensefulbrooding

What happens

American Yakuza is a 1993 American crime film directed by Frank Cappello and starring Viggo Mortensen, Ryo Ishibashi, Michael Nouri, Franklyn Ajaye, Yuji Okumoto, Anzu Lawson, and Robert Forster. The screenplay by John Allen Nelson and Max Strom is based on a story by executive producer Takashige Ichise. American Yakuza was released in the United States on December 22, 1993. The unrelated film Back to Back was also released as American Yakuza 2. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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