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.
Director: Toshimichi Ohkawa
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Riki Takeuchi as Kanuma |
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Eugene Nomura as Eiji |
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George Cheung as Mike Sakata |
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Mario Opinato as Nicole |
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Maya Hoshino as Rika |
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Neil Delama as Carlos |
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Michael Lee Baron as Pete |
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Eiko Nijo as Yoko |
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J. Anthony McCarthy as Junkyard Jake |
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Gene Gilmore as Frank |
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Frederic Tucker as Virgil |
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Tom Poster as Stan |
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Warren A. Stevens as Glen |
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Yasuke Todo as Okita |
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Melissa Doranne as Stacey |
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Thomas L. Stack Jr. as Terry |
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Preston M. Todd as Brian |
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Mark De Alessandro as |
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Errol Sack as |
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Brian Simpson as |
| Directing | Toshimichi Ohkawa | Director |
| Writing | Toshimichi Ohkawa | Writer |
| Editing | Richard Byard | Editor |
| Production | Chris Gilmore | Casting |
| Art | Georges Moes | Production Design |
| Directing | Ken Handa | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Clancy T. Troutman | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Illya Friedman | Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Dale Myrand | Cinematography |
| Production | Bradley Wong | Producer |
| Production | Akiko Sasaki | Co-Producer |
| Production | Masaya Nakamura | Executive Producer |
| Production | Simon Tse | Producer |
