| Release Date: | Sep 1989 |
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| Genres: | Drama / Crime / Action |
| Awards: | Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 nomination |
| Runtime: | 125 min |
| Cast: | Michael Douglas (Nick), Andy Garcia (Charlie), Ken Takakura (Masahiro) Kate Capshaw (Joyce) Yusaku Matsuda (Sato) Shigeru Kôyama (Ohashi (as Shigeru Koyama)) John Spencer (Oliver) Guts Ishimatsu (Katayama) Yuya Uchida (Nashida) Tomisaburo Wakayama (Sugai) Miyuki Ono (Miyuki) Luis Guzmán (Frankie (as Luis Guzman)) John Costelloe (The Kid (as John A. Costelloe)) Stephen Root (Berg) Richard Riehle (Crown) |
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. In Japan, however, he manages to escape. As they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game the Japanese way.
