Plot

Under scrutiny by his superiors for allegedly dipping into confiscated drug money, New York vice cop Michael Douglas can expect no sympathy from his ex-wife, who is gouging him for alimony. Douglas gets a chance to redeem himself when he is assigned to escort Japanese mob boss Yusaku Matsuda back to his own country to stand trial. Upon arriving in Osaka, Douglas and his partner Andy Garcia are tricked into releasing their prisoner. Now on the outs with both the American and Japanese police authorities, Douglas is forced to deal with the Yakuza-the Japanese equivalent of the Mafia-to retrieve the elusive Matsuda. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

• Michael Douglas - Nick Conklin
• Andy Garcia - Charlie Vincent
• Ken Takakura - Mashahiro Matsumoto
• Kate Capshaw - Joyce Kingsley
• Shigeru Koyama - Ohashi
• Yusaku Matsuda - Sato

John Spencer - Oliver; Guts Ishimatsu - Katayama; Yuya Uchida - Nashida; Tomisaburo Wakayama - Sugai; Miyuki Ono - Miyuki; Louis Cantarini - Detective; Clem Caserta - Abolofia; John Costelloe - The Kid; Vondie Curtis-Hall - Detective; Josip Elic - Bartender; Tim Kelleher - Bobby; Ken Kensei - Masahiro's Son; George Kyle - Farentino; Joe Perce - Detective; Richard Riehle - Crown; Stephen Root - Berg; Toshio Sato - Japanese Embassy Official; Shiro Oishi - Sato's Man; Prof. Toru Tanaka - Sugai's Man; Toshishiro Obata - Meditator; Doug Yasuda - Japanese/American Translator; Rikiya Yasuoka - Sugai's Man; Keone Young - Karaoke Singer; Luis Guzman - Frankie; Linda Gillen - Peggy; Jim Ishida - Escort Officer

Credit

Kazuo Takenaka - Art Director, Alan Poul - Associate Producer, Dianne Crittenden - Casting, Stanley Jaffe - Co-producer, Sherry Lansing - Co-producer, Ellen Mirojnick - Costume Designer, Richard Von Ernst - Costume Designer, Ridley Scott - Director, Tom Rolf - Editor, Craig Bolotin - Executive Producer, Julie Kirkham - Executive Producer, Hans Zimmer - Composer (Music Score), Craig Haagensen - Camera Operator, Alexander Witt - Camera Operator, John J. Moore - Production Designer, Norris Spencer - Production Designer, Jan de Bont - Cinematographer, Michael Douglas - Producer, James Bayliss - Set Designer, Les Bloom - Set Designer, John M. Dwyer - Set Designer, Richard C. Goddard - Set Designer, John Alan Hicks - Set Designer, Robert Maddy - Set Designer, Kyoji Sasaki - Set Designer, Alan S. Kaye - Set Designer, Donald O. Mitchell - Sound/Sound Designer, Greg P. Russell - Sound/Sound Designer, Kay Rose - Sound Editor, Craig Bolotin - Screenwriter, Warren Lewis - Screenwriter, Milton C. Burrow - Sound Effects Editor, William L. Manger - Supervising Sound Editor, Robert "Bobby Z" Zajonc - Pilot

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