American Yakuza (1993)

Directors

Frank A. Cappello

Cast

Viggo Mortensen, Ryo Ishibashi, Michael Nouri, Franklyn Ajaye

The story

American FBI agent David Brandt is working undercover under the identity of Nick Davis, a former convict who died in solitary confinement, at a warehouse in Los Angeles that the Tendo crime family owns in order to infiltrate their operations. After Brandt saves the life of one of the family's leaders, Shuji Sawamoto, Sawamoto welcomes him into the criminal organization. As part of his introduction, Sawamoto takes Brandt to witness the execution of Okazai, an alleged traitor, via woodchipper then stops the execution at the last minute.

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