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American Yakuza
When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitaire, he is hired to operate forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia leaded 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 in 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.
| Release : | 1993 |
| Rating : | 5.6 |
| Studio : | Overseas FilmGroup, TFC, Ozla Productions, |
| Crew : | Production Design, Property Master, |
| Cast : | Viggo Mortensen Ryo Ishibashi Michael Nouri Franklyn Ajaye Yuji Okumoto |
| Genre : | Crime |
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To me, this movie is perfection.
This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Not bad at all,it is a bit rush production........................ it could be some much more better scene's inside....................... bat is fine. ending is waste. way guns? should be swords... and why the last words of Yakuza must be in English????? o my........... but i like it. i like this type of movies. they are deferent. deferent patterns than usually Hollywood hero craps..............................................................about the plot, could be a standard scenario copy... but i am not familiar with any Japanese/Chinese cultures ...
Viggo kicks ass in this movie. What made it interesting to me was to see just how far someone goes to keep their cover while infiltrating a crime organization. The Yakuza have a lasting impression on those that it deals with both friends and foes. All the blood in this movie (and there's a good amount of it) was done very well. The women in the movie are also very nice. I remember one of the scenes had a set of massive knockers in a little shower scene while her husband/boyfriend was being assassinated. They never showed what happened to the girl but I bet they had played some basketball with those babies. B movie or not it still gets my good vote.
'American Yakuza' rises above most of the other b-grade action movies that clog up the video shelves because of its outstanding cast. Viggo Mortensen, is now well on his way to being a major star thanks to Peter Jackson's Tolkien trilogy, but many of us have been following his career for quite some time, since Sean Penn's brilliant 'The Indian Runner' say. Mortensen is excellent as "Nick" an undercover FBI agent who infiltrates the Yakuza, and finds himself caught between his obligations and his loyalties, especially when a gang war with the Mob escalates. Ryo Ishbashi ('Audition') plays Sawamoto, the Yakuza who becomes Nick's friend and mentor, and Michael Nouri ('The Hidden') plays Sawamoto's Mafia rival Campanela. The rest of the cast includes comedian Franklyn Ajaye ('Carwash') as Nick's contact, Robert Forster ('Jackie Brown') as his boss, Nicky Katt ('The Limey') as Campanela's right hand man, and Yuji Okumoto ('Brain Smasher... A Love Story') as one of Sawamoto's crew. This is by no means the best crime thriller I've ever seen but thanks to the great cast I enjoyed watching it. Definitely worth a rental this one.
The plot offers very few surprises. It is a standard B-movie plot with formula characters.However, two things raise this movie from the usual B-movie fare.First, both Viggo Mortensen and Ryo Ishibashi turn in understated, yet thoughtful, performances that create chemistry and add a dimension of believability to their characters beyond what simply appears on-screen.Second, creative camera angles and striking visuals lend an air of intelligence and elegance to many of the key scenes in the movie.
