The Yakuza Way (1999)
The Yakuza Way (1999)
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.

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Cast

Riki Takeuchi Riki Takeuchi As: Kanuma
Eugene Nomura Eugene Nomura As: Eiji
George Cheung George Cheung As: Mike Sakata
Mario Opinato Mario Opinato As: Nicole
Maya Hoshino Maya Hoshino As: Rika
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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.


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Details

Genres: Action, Crime

Language: English, 日本語

Release Date: 19 February 1999

Country: US

Runtime: 82m

Company Credits

Company: Simon Tse Productions, Inc.

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Cast

Directed By

Toshimichi Ohkawa

Toshimichi Ohkawa

Director

Ken Handa

Ken Handa

Assistant Director

Writing Credits

Production Crew

Chris Gilmore

Chris Gilmore

Casting

Akiko Sasaki

Akiko Sasaki

Co-Producer

Bradley Wong

Bradley Wong

Producer

Masaya Nakamura

Masaya Nakamura

Executive Producer

Simon Tse

Simon Tse

Producer

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

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Sound

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Illya Friedman

Illya Friedman

Assistant Camera

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Georges Moes

Georges Moes

Production Design

Other Crew

Dale Myrand

Dale Myrand

Cinematography

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