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The Yakuza Way
The Yakuza Way
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  2. The Yakuza Way

The Yakuza Way

1999
1h 22m
Action
Crime

Status

Released

Release

1999

Runtime

1h 22m

Storyline

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 22m
Feb 19, 1999
Languages
Japanese
English
Director
Toshimichi Ohkawa
Toshimichi Ohkawa
Production
Simon Tse Productions, Inc.
Simon Tse Productions, Inc.
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

20 Cast Members

Riki Takeuchi

Riki Takeuchi

Kanuma

Eugene Nomura

Eugene Nomura

Eiji

George Cheung

George Cheung

Mike Sakata

Mario Opinato

Mario Opinato

Nicole

Maya Hoshino

Rika

Neil Delama

Carlos

Michael Lee Baron

Pete

Eiko Nijo

Eiko Nijo

Yoko

J. Anthony McCarthy

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

Mark De Alessandro

Mark De Alessandro

Errol Sack

Errol Sack

Brian Simpson

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