Logline
An American cop in Japan. Their country. Their laws. Their game. His rules.
Synopsis
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.
Where to Watch
Available to stream, rent or buy in India
Festivals
Tokyo International Film Festival 1989
Cast and Crew
Cast: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, 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, Tomo Nagasue, Clem Caserta
Writers: Craig Bolotin (Screenplay), Warren Lewis (Screenplay)
Cinematographer: Jan de Bont
Production Designer: Norris Spencer, John Jay Moore
Editor: Tom Rolf
Sound Designer: Richard Adams, Milton C. Burrow
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Costume Designer: Ellen Mirojnick
Direction team: Bobby Bass (Second Unit Director), Aldric La'Auli Porter (First Assistant Director), Benjamin Rosenberg (First Assistant Director), Jodi Ehrlich (Second Assistant Director), Bettiann Fishman (Second Assistant Director)
Producers: Craig Bolotin, Stanley R. Jaffe, Julie Kirkham
Production: Pegasus Film Partners, Paramount Pictures, Jaffe-Lansing, Michael Douglas Productions