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Released December 22nd, 1993, 'American Yakuza' stars Viggo Mortensen, Ryo Ishibashi, Michael Nouri, Franklyn Ajaye The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 36 min, and received a user score of 57 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 56 top users.
Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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."
'American Yakuza' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on The Roku Channel, Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, Amazon Video, Hoopla, Redbox, VIX , IMDB TV Amazon Channel, Peacock, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and VUDU Free .
'American Yakuza' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on December 22nd, 1993
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting
September 5th, 2000
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