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When Yakuza gangster Yamamoto is forcibly retired from his clan after a hostile takeover, he flies from Tokyo to Los Angeles to find his younger half brother Ken, whom he believes he has been financing through college. When he finds that Ken has dropped out of school to run a sloppy drug-dealing operation with his buddy Danny, Yamamoto slaps him on the back of the head in disgust, then shows the motley crew how to take over the LA underworld, Yakuza style. In the most violent ways imaginable, Yamamoto transforms the ragtag gang into a styling posse of professional punishers and schools them in a kamikaze code of honor that puts all other forms of gang bonding to shame.

Production
Recorded Picture Company (RPC) [gb]; Office Kitano [jp]; Bandai Visual Company [jp]; Fuzzy Bunny Films (I); Little Brother Inc.; Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co. [jp];

Cast Names
Joseph Aguilar; Mikage Sano; Erick Carrillo; Gary Cruz; Noel Gugliemi; Miguel Mas; Geoff Meed; Pat Morita; Takashi Nishina; Thomas Rosales Jr.; Takeshi Kitano; Omar Epps; Kurôdo Maki; Masaya Katô; Susumu Terajima; Royale Watkins; Lombardo Boyar; Ren Ôsugi; Ryo Ishibashi; James Shigeta; Tatyana Ali; Makoto Ôtake; Kôen Okumura; Naomasa Musaka; Rino Katase; Tetsuya Watari; Ren Murakami; Joy Nakagawa; Wanda-Lee Evans; Tony Colitti;

Box Office
USD 447,750

Release Date
2000-10-01 * (New York Film Festival)
2001-01-19 (Sundance Film Festival)
2001-02-12 (Pan African Film Festival)
2001-04-06 (limited)
2001-05-25 (Seattle International Film Festival)
2001-07-20 (New York City, New York)
2001-07-20 (Los Angeles, California)

Genres
Crime; Drama; Thriller;

MPAA Rating [?]
Rated R for pervasive strong violence, language and brief nudity.

Running Time
1 hr. 54 min.

Director
Takeshi Kitano

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