American Yakuza The mob has a new enemy.

When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitairy, he is hired to operate a forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia lead by Dino Campanela and Nick rescues and saves the life of Shuji Sawamoto, who is the representative of Yakuza interests in America. Shuji hires Nick to work for Yakuza and becomes his godfather in the family after his oath to join Yakuza. However, Nick is a lonely FBI undercover agent assigned to penetrate the criminal organization. When the FBI discovers that Campanela is organizing a massive attack to destroy the Yakuza, Nick's boss Littman calls off the operation to leave the dirty work to the Italian Mafia. But the connection of Nick with Shuji and his goddaughter Yuko forces him to help his Japanese family.

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Crime
Action
Thriller
Release Date

Dec 22, 1993

Duration: 1h 36 min

Popularity: 1.0023
62 votes
Directed by

Frank A. Cappello

Casting: Don Phillips

Screenplay by

John Allen Nelson

Productions

First Look International (US)NEO Motion Pictures Overseas FilmGroup (US)Ozla Productions Toei Video Company (JP)TFC (JP)

Collection
American Yakuza Collection
Budget

Revenue: NA

Crew & Team

Frank A. Cappello

Director

Michael Cedar

First Assistant Director

Mark S. Constance

Second Assistant Director

Carol Banker

Script Supervisor

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