Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan.
Director:
Ridley Scott
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Cast
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| Michael Douglas | ... | Nick Conklin | |
| Andy Garcia | ... | Charlie Vincent | |
| Ken Takakura | ... | Masahiro | |
| Kate Capshaw | ... | Joyce | |
| Yûsaku Matsuda | ... | Sato | |
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Shigeru Kôyama | ... | Ohashi (as Shigeru Koyama) |
| John Spencer | ... | Oliver | |
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Guts Ishimatsu | ... | Katayama |
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Yûya Uchida | ... | Nashida |
| Tomisaburô Wakayama | ... | Sugai | |
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Miyuki Ono | ... | Miyuki |
| Luis Guzmán | ... | Frankie (as Luis Guzman) | |
| John Costelloe | ... | The Kid (as John A. Costelloe) | |
| Stephen Root | ... | Berg | |
| Richard Riehle | ... | Crown | |
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Storyline
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. In Japan, however, he manages to escape. As they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game the Japanese way. Written by Harald Mayr <marvin@bike.augusta.de>
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A Ridley Scott Film From The Producers Of "Fatal Attraction" See more »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
14 December 1989 (West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$30,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$9,677,102, 24 September 1989, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$46,212,055Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$134,212,055Company Credits
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Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.39 : 1
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Matsumoto Masahiro: [looks in his case, realizes Nick has returned the counterfeiting plates] Nick-san...!
[Nick just smiles at him and gives a thumbs-up]
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By Hans Zimmer and Will Jennings
Performed by Gregg Allman
Produced by David Paich
Gregg Allman performs courtesy of EPIC Records
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Ken Takakura could not in fact speak a word of English in real life, at all. Throughout the entirety of the movie, his lines were said through practiced tones that he would sometimes spend days perfecting. As such, an acting coach would correspondingly teach him the correct emotions/actions to display in the scene. See more »Goofs
Towards the end of the film, in the section where Nick and Sato are fighting. Sato pushes Nick onto the bike wheel, and then they cut to Sato punching the ground. In the following shot you see Nick grimacing and in the background you see a blonde haired guy wearing a green tracksuit type top quickly duck behind a tree. See more »Quotes
[last lines]Matsumoto Masahiro: [looks in his case, realizes Nick has returned the counterfeiting plates] Nick-san...!
[Nick just smiles at him and gives a thumbs-up]
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Crazy Credits
The end credits begin with a Japanese kanji, which can be translated as "complete" or "end" and is sometimes used at the end of Japanese films. See more »Soundtracks
I'LL BE HOLDING ONBy Hans Zimmer and Will Jennings
Performed by Gregg Allman
Produced by David Paich
Gregg Allman performs courtesy of EPIC Records
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I have never been able to warm up to BLACK RAIN, a cliché-ridden 80s cop thriller. Michael Douglas, who by 1989 was a big Hollywood star with a mullet, plays a crooked cop who escorts a Yakuza home to Japan after witnessing the guy kill two people. His partner Andy Garcia is along for the ride. As soon as they touch down in Tokyo, they lose the killer and the chase is on. Soon enough, they are teamed up with a by-the-book Japanese detective, played by the doleful Ken Takakura. The problem with the movie is, it is shot MTV-style and we are all over the place with this one, rarely sitting still long enough to catch our collective breath. You'd think Tony, not Ridley, shot this one. Douglas is fine and basically carries the movie, and Garcia is believable as a naive, fresh-faced youngster who lacks Douglas' street smarts. The bad guys are stock characters and just not that interesting. In the end, too much chasing around without much of a payoff will have worn most viewers out long before the final scene.