- StatusReleased
- Release Date1989-09-22
- Runtime125 minutes
- TaglineAn American cop in Japan. Their country. Their laws. Their game. His rules.
- Revenue134,212,055$
- GenreDrama, Action, Thriller
- Production
CompaniesPegasus Film Partners, Paramount Pictures, Jaffe-Lansing - Budget30,000,000$
Movie Overview
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. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and 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.
Casts
Michael Douglas
Andy García
Ken Takakura
Kate Capshaw
Yūsaku Matsuda
Shigeru Kōyama
John Spencer
Yuya Uchida
Guts Ishimatsu
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Miyuki Ono
Luis Guzmán
John Costelloe
Stephen Root
Richard Riehle
Bruce Katzman
Tim Kelleher
Edmund Ikeda
Clem Caserta
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Doug Yasuda
Jun Kunimura
Professor Toru Tanaka
Rikiya Yasuoka
Jôji Shimaki
Daisuke Awaji
Keone Young
Jim Ishida
Shōtarō Hayashi
Toshishiro Obata
Linda Gillen
Ken Kensei
Josip Elic
Nathan Jung
Al Leong
Bruce Locke
Chris Nelson Norris
Dennis Y. Takeda
Celia Xavier
