The Yakuza Way (1999)
Overview
After a three-year prison term in Japan, a yakuza heads for LA to buy two kilos of cocaine. He's going to smuggle it back to Japan, and it's to be his last score: he wants to marry Yoko, his long-suffering girlfriend, and get out of the life. But somebody sets him up, Yoko is shot, and he loses the suitcase of dope. He determines to stay in LA, retrieve the coke, and exact revenge: although he's a drug dealer, he still follows the samurai code of the yakuza. Along the way, he learns that his long-lost younger sister is in Los Angeles, and he teams up with an unlikely partner in his quest for justice: a petty thief who's trying to help a young woman get back to Japan.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.547 |
Directed By
Toshimichi Ohkawa
Crew
Chris Gilmore
Clancy T. Troutman
Toshimichi Ohkawa
Bradley Wong
Akiko Sasaki
Toshimichi Ohkawa
Richard Byard
Georges Moes
Illya Friedman
Dale Myrand
Ken Handa
Simon Tse
Masaya Nakamura
TOP CAST
Riki Takeuchi
Kanuma
Eugene Nomura
Eiji
George Cheung
Mike Sakata
Mario Opinato
Nicole
Maya Hoshino
Rika
Neil Delama
Carlos
Michael Lee Baron
Pete
Eiko Nijo
Yoko
J. Anthony McCarthy
Junkyard Jake
Gene Gilmore
Frank
Frederic Tucker
Virgil
Tom Poster
Stan
Warren A. Stevens
Glen
Yasuke Todo
Okita
Melissa Doranne
Stacey
Thomas L. Stack Jr.
Terry
Preston M. Todd
Brian
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