646f9e108c When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitaire, he is hired to operate forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia leaded 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 in 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.
An American FBI agent is lured away by the Japanese Mafia–the Yakuza–in this action film.
My brother Adam and I were extras on this movie set. (We were in the climactic big shoot 'em up scene at the end when Nicky Katt brought Michael Nouri the bloody shoes) Viggo was really nice to us and wentfarto sit with us for a couple of meals during the shoot. Very cool guy. Who knew he would eventually play Aragorn in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy?? I read Huckleberry Finn between takes, sheltering myself from grips and prop masters under a wardrobe trailer. Cool huh? Good times……..yep. Good times. One thing of interest was watching Mr. Mortenson work up the emotion to do the scene where he had to carry his dead partner down the stairs to the waiting throng of police. He was very convincing in the actual scene, and the process of watching him prep himself for the scene (on an emotional level) was absolutely fascinating.
David Brandt (Mortensen) is an FBI agent assigned to go deep undercover to infiltrate the Yakuza. He posesan ex-con named Nick Davis and begins working in the warehouse of Isshin Tendo (Fujioka). When the main rivals to the Tendo gang, the Italian Mafia under the command of Dino Campanela (Nouri), stage a raid on the warehouse, Brandt saves Sawamoto (Ishibashi) from certain death. Sawamoto takes a liking to "Nick" and takes him under his wing. However, when Brandt's boss, Littman (Forster) informs him that the Campanela clan is going to wipe out the Tendo gang, and to stay out of it, Brandt gets angry, firstly because he's fallen in love with Yuko (Lawson), and secondly because he's come to actually respect the culture and customs of the Japanese, which has blurred his judgment to the fact that he's dealing with criminals. So during the final firefight between the two gangs, Brandt makes his final stand…what will it be? American Yakuza is classier-than-usual fare and recommended viewing. It's shot very well, the acting is top-notch, there's intelligence behind the writing, and it's directed with a mixture of grit and an artistic streak that is very hard to pull off, but here wins over the audience.<br/><br/>It's definitely more of a gangster drama than an action movie, but there are some spectacular action scenes that make you wish there was room in the plot to fit in a few more. But it is somewhat unfair to demand "More Action!" because this isn't strictly an action movie. It's a well-thought-out, underrated affair that more people should see.<br/><br/>It's funny, Robert Forster plays pretty much the exact same role herehe does in Scanner Cop II (it even looks like it's shot in the same room), and Michael Nouri plays almost the same rolehe does in Overkill. If they were items on a computer, it's easy to imagine the director dragging and dropping them from their respective movies into this one. That's not meant to be an insult, Forster does his usual professional job and Nouri seems in his element. It's actually one of the better Nouri performances we can remember. Viggo Mortensen made this movie before he was even really a big name, and he achieves the complex task of making you understand his emotions and motivationshe pulls off his double life. He should get more credit for that. As he gets swept up in the Yakuza lifestyle, he still tries to make a contrast between his American culture, and their Yakuza one, by preferring good old American whisky to their Sake.<br/><br/>Because American Yakuza combines visual flair with an engaging plot, you really can't lose. Interestingly enough, this would make a great double feature with American Dragons (1998). They are both high quality movies with some similarities. We give high marks to American Yakuza.<br/><br/>For more action insanity, please visit: www.comeuppancereviews.com


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