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American Yakuza is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 22 december 1993 with Viggo Mortensen
American Yakuza (1993)
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Add to a movie listAmerican Yakuza is a 1993 American action film written by Takashige Ichise with a screenplay by John Allen Nelson and Max Strom, and directed by Frank Cappello for First Look International. Starring Viggo Mortensen and Ryo Ishibashi, the film had its theatrical release in Japan in December 1993, followed by theatrical release in South Korea in 1994. The film had its video premiere in the United States in 1995 and its DVD premiere in Russia in 2002.
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American FBI agent Nick Davis (Viggo Mortensen) works undercover, rising through the ranks of the Yakuza to infiltrate their operations. Adopted by the Tendo crime family, he is entangled with the Italian mafia, the Yakuza, and the FBI. In the end he must decide what is most important to him.Actors
Viggo Mortensen
(Nick Davis / David Brandt)
Ryo Ishibashi
(Shuji Sawamoto)
John Fujioka
(Isshin Tendo)
Michael Nouri
(Dino Campanela)
Nathan Jung
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